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Re: Questions about "Handle constant exponents." in gcc/builtins.c
- From: Jakub Jelinek <jakub at redhat dot com>
- To: Dominique Dhumieres <dominiq at lps dot ens dot fr>
- Cc: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:10:05 +0100
- Subject: Re: Questions about "Handle constant exponents." in gcc/builtins.c
- References: <20100318150728.DEB843BE0F@mailhost.lps.ens.fr>
- Reply-to: Jakub Jelinek <jakub at redhat dot com>
On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 04:07:28PM +0100, Dominique Dhumieres wrote:
> May I remind my original question:
>
> > In the block "Handle constant exponents." in gcc/builtins.c, the condition
> > !optimize_size has been replaced with optimize_insn_for_speed_p () between
> > gcc 4.3 and 4.4, but I have not been able to find when and why.
> > Does anybody remembers the when and why?
>
> This change has been commited by someone and should have been approved by
> someone else.
svn blame is your friend, then finding a patch on gcc-patches from that day
up to a few days before the commit.
Jakub