From: "Alexei A. Frounze" <alex DOT fru AT mtu-net DOT ru>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: inefficiency of GCC output code & -O problem
Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 01:10:31 +0400
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Steamer wrote:
> The bugs in your code are in the interface between the C and the inline
> assembly.  They may not cause a problem if you don't use -O2, but they
> surely will as soon as the optimizer starts trying to rearrange things,
> remove redundant instructions, avoid unnecessary memory access, etc.

Thus design of the optimizer is buggy as well. :))

Remember, someone pointed out that AS doesn't recognize extra parentheses? So,
this is also a problem of interface between GCC and AS.

bye.
Alexei A. Frounze
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