[fpc-devel] Patch to speed up Uppercase/Lowercase functions

[Martin Schreiber]

Some more experience:

7a: like 7 but ansi string
9a: like 9, without loop instruction
10: like 6, loop in assembler
10a like 10, without loop instruction 

(PII, 350MHz)

Kilix:
lowercase   execution time: 335536
lowercase 1 execution time: 369539
lowercase 2 execution time: 377384
lowercase 3 execution time: 367407
lowercase 4 execution time: 319018
lowercase 5 execution time: 317572
lowercase 6 execution time: 220341
lowercase 7 execution time: 343903
lowercase 7a execution time: 369064
lowercase 8 execution time: 259604
lowercase 9 execution time: 256799
lowercase 9a execution time: 201195
lowercase 10 execution time: 279708
lowercase 10a execution time: 223645

-OG2r
lowercase   execution time: 467200
lowercase 1 execution time: 385648
lowercase 2 execution time: 395934
lowercase 3 execution time: 403329
lowercase 4 execution time: 231616
lowercase 5 execution time: 237851
lowercase 6 execution time: 160797
lowercase 7 execution time: 262418
lowercase 7a execution time: 285810
lowercase 8 execution time: 184037
lowercase 9 execution time: 171197
lowercase 9a execution time: 113786
lowercase 10 execution time: 197823
lowercase 10a execution time: 140806

-Og2r
lowercase   execution time: 465173
lowercase 1 execution time: 490236
lowercase 2 execution time: 460353
lowercase 3 execution time: 478584
lowercase 4 execution time: 245922
lowercase 5 execution time: 401423
lowercase 6 execution time: 646020
lowercase 7 execution time: 265284
lowercase 7a execution time: 285793
lowercase 8 execution time: 632552
lowercase 9 execution time: 169229
lowercase 9a execution time: 114605
lowercase 10 execution time: 204204
lowercase 10a execution time: 143213

 
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