[haiku-development] Re: Disabling Strict Aliasing for GCC4 Builds
- From: Stephan Assmus <superstippi@xxxxxx>
- To: haiku-development@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:16:07 +0200
Duane Ryan wrote:
> Well, in general it's good coding to follow strict aliasing. In
> conjunction with the restrict keyword, this can result in a) more stable
> code, and b) faster code, because the compiler doesn't have to worry
> about potential aliasing.
>
> How about this: is there any reason why we SHOULD allow potential
> aliasing?
>
> Also, for more information, see here:
> http://www.cellperformance.com/mike_acton/2006/05/demystifying_the_restrict_keyw.html
What a cool link! Thank you very much. I think somebody tossed me that link
a week ago or two, but I didn't take the time to read it back then. But now
that I did, I have a solid motivation to take a close look at some pixel
munging code in the app_server... :-)
Best regards,
-Stephan
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