[fpc-devel] Const optimization is a serious bug

[Alexander Klenin]

On Fri, Jul 8, 2011 at 04:22, Florian Klämpfl <florian at freepascal.org> wrote:
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> Why? 2) is exactly the same? The const contract with the compiler is broken.

Since when are passing by value and by reference the same?

> Besides this, people like Martin Schreiber won't be happy if a procedure
> suddently eats hundreds of extra clock cycles for nothing.
For those people, I proposed to add optimization switch to the "UNCERTAIN"
group. I just do not think it should be on by default.
Also, can you Cc him -- maybe we should ask him directly?

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Alexander S. Klenin