bool
Torbjorn Granlund
tege@nada.kth.se
Wed Nov 12 06:25:00 GMT 1997
Having bool a 8-bit quantity does not need to be slower than having it be
the `fastest type', if the tm macro PROMOTE_MODE is set up properly.
PROMOTE_MODE has the effect of widening a type when a quantity of that type
is in a register,
Machines without byte loads/stores would still be hurt, but such machines
are rare. Even Alpha now has byte loads, although the 21064 and early 21164
did not have them.
Torbjörn
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