GCC Status Report (2004-09-13) [--enable-mapped-location]

[Matt Austern]

On Sep 16, 2004, at 11:46 AM, Mark Mitchell wrote:

> Per Bothner wrote:
>
>>> Do you have any performance measurements with the option enabled at 
>>> this point?
>>
>>
>> Nope.  I'm hoping for others to provide those.  And ideally help with
>> performance profiling and tuning.
>
> I think you should at least try for initial numbers on whatever 
> machine you're using.  Try compiling libstdc++, say, at least.  If 
> your patches aren't a performance win, they're not going to be 
> terribly compelling; if they are a win, as expected, then that will 
> make them much more compelling.

Even if this patch doesn't show an immediate performance win, isn't 
simplicity and the possibility of future improvements an argument in 
its favor?

			--Matt