* sin <s...@2f30.org> [2013-07-15 12:20]:
I'd break this patch into multiple patches. The change from *= 8 to <<= 3 doesn't make sense. Maybe it did in the 80s but not anymore.
Just for the sake of completeness: there's a rather interesting presentation from a few years ago that explains in detail how clever compilers really are with their optimizations: http://www.fefe.de/source-code-optimization.pdf
Andreas
