[PATCH] Make integer output faster in libgfortran

[Thomas Koenig]

Hi FX,


>> (We could also do something like that for a 32-bit system, but
>> that is another kettle of fish).
> 
> We probably wouldn’t get a speed-up that big. Even on 32-bit targets
> (at least common ones), the 64-bit type and its operations (notably
> division) are implemented via CPU instructions, not library calls.

I'll look at this a bit more closely and report :-)

>  At this point, the output of integers is probably bound by the
> many layers of indirection of libgfortran's I/O system (which
> are necessary because of the rich I/O formatting allowed by
> the standard).

There are a few things we could do.  Getting a LTO-capable version
of libgfortran would be a huge step, because the compiler could
then strip out all of these layers.  The speed of

   character:: c


   write (*,'(A)', advance="no") c

could stand some improvement :-)

Regards

	Thomas