[fpc-devel] x86-64 optimizations

[Florian Klämpfl]

Am 24.09.2017 um 14:20 schrieb J. Gareth Moreton:
> Hi everyone,
> 
> Following on from an enhancement report I posted a few months ago, I decided to take a shot at learning the 
> nuances of the compiler's source code and programming in the improvements myself.  These don't fix any bugs per 
> se, but aim to reduce the code size of compiled x86-64 binaries without sacrificing speed.
> 
> The report in question, and the patch, can be found over here: https://bugs.freepascal.org/view.php?id=32037
> 
> I'll be interested to hear if it works and can possibly be implemented.  This is my first code contribution to 
> the project, so I hope I didn't do too badly!

No, it looks good at a first glance. I will try to integrate it the next days into the official
sources, so let's see if something pops up, if yes, I'll come back :)

Thank you for your work so far!

> 
> Yours faithfully,
> 
> J. Gareth "Kit" Moreton
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