[fpc-devel] Optimizing unused return values of inline functions
Florian Klämpfl
florian at freepascal.org
Mon Aug 21 17:41:35 CEST 2017
Am 21.08.2017 um 12:12 schrieb Benito van der Zander:
> Hi,
>
>> This pattern is not inherently efficient. Why should it be ?
>
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> It is not efficient, because of the pointless instruction!
Well, a register-register move can be considered almost as a nop on modern architectures. If you
really think it is important just provide a patch which eliminates such instructions.
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