x86 code generation question

[Zack Weinberg]

Vadim Lobanov <vadim@cs.washington.edu> writes:

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> Thus, when we compile with no optimizations, and it has the conditional 
> move available, why does gcc choose to instead generate assembly with a 
> jump instead of conditional move?

Because you compiled without optimization.  Turning branches into
conditional moves is implemented strictly as an optimization.  The
code that translates from abstract syntax trees to RTL doesn't know
anything about them.

zw