-funroll-loops experimental in gcc-3.3.2

Zdenek Dvorak rakdver@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz
Tue Dec 9 21:12:00 GMT 2003


Hello,

> I understood -funroll-loops is experimental in gcc-3.3.2.

no, gcc 3.3 still uses the old unroller.  The new unroller that could be
called experimental will be in 3.4.  Experimental here means that it is a new
piece of code and it is probable that it will cause some problems, won't
work properly on the more exotic architectures, etc.

What I said above is not actually the whole truth.  Some of the linux
distributions do not use the compiler from 3.3 branch, but rather the
one from hammer-3_3-branch which includes additional experimental
features, for example the new unroller.

Zdenek



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