compiler slowdown in 4.3 development

[David Daney]

Bruno Haible wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Here's a case of a function whose compilation with -O2 -g (the default with
> autoconf) on Linux/x86 has slowed down by 67% since the 4.2.2 release.
> 
> $ time gcc -c -O2 -g -Wall sha512.c
> 
> Measured user time.
> 
> gcc 3.2.2           42.2 sec
> gcc 3.3.6           71 sec
> gcc 3.4.4           29.0 sec
> gcc 4.0.4           24.5 sec
> gcc 4.1.2           12.6 sec
> gcc 4.2.2           10.7 sec
> gcc 4.3-20080215    17.9 sec
> 

Was it configured with --enable-checking=release?  You really should do 
that if you want a fair comparison.

David Daney