Jay K <jay.kr...@cornell.edu> writes: > 1) asm_fprintf probably should skip from % to %, calling > puts on each span, instead of putc one at a time. > Granted, its input strings tend to be short.
And putc_unlocked is a macro which appends to a buffer. puts is not. It's not clear that your proposal would actually make gcc run any faster. Fortunately, this is amenable to a small benchmark program, so you could try it out. > given, e.g.: > > > asm_fprintf(file, "%Rfoo"); > > > one could instead say > > > #ifndef REGISTER_PREFIX > #define REGISTER_PREFIX "" > #endif > > > fprintf(file, "%sfoo", REGISTER_PREFIX); Sure, it's just less convenient, harder to read, and requires passing an extra argument. > (Really I'd rather gcc just output .o files directly...) It would be an interesting project, but it's not a major component of optimizing compilation time. I would certainly encourage any interested party to tackle this, but it's a huge effort with relatively small payoff. Ian
