http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=51982
Bug #: 51982 Summary: Shrink-wrapping opportunity Classification: Unclassified Product: gcc Version: 4.7.0 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: enhancement Priority: P3 Component: middle-end AssignedTo: unassig...@gcc.gnu.org ReportedBy: d...@gcc.gnu.org Created attachment 26444 --> http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=26444 lookdict_string manually split equivalent to shrink-wrapping I realize that the shrink-wrapping implementation in GCC is preliminary and conservative. I tested it on an example that presents a good opportunity for shrink-wrapping and a large perforamnce improvement, but the current implementation was not able to apply the optimization. The attached file manually splits the CPython lookdict_string() into two functions where most of the prologue can be avoided on the slow path.