----- Original Message ----- > I see all these patches with mixed feeling - it puts breaks on all > developers > because they need to learn the new interface which does not bring any > immediate benefit. So I think _your_ development time would be > better > spent by fixing open bugs or by tackling some of the existing > scalability > issues in GCC (rather than quoting funny '0.001% faster with 99% > confidence' > stuff).
This tone is unnecessary. I, for one, think that it's excellent that Lawrence is writing these cleanup patches and measuring what impact they have on performance. Bonus points that they are making the compiler faster. Speed of the compiler *is* a scalability issue, and it's one that GCC doesn't appear to have paid all that much attention to over the years. -Nathan
