[fpc-devel] Case code pattern

[J. Gareth Moreton]

 I stand corrected - thanks.

 *makes note to research more weird and wondeful things in the compiler!*

 Gareth aka. Kit

 On Tue 14/08/18 09:00 , Martok listbox at martoks-place.de sent:
 Hi, 

 > I would need a clarification about the way the case statement is 
 > translated into assembler by FPC. When the list of alternatives is 
 > continous, does the compiler generate a jump table? 
 What Kit said, but a correction: the threshold is not 50, it is 19. And
what is generated is not technically a jump table, but a 
 typed dispatch table. 

 -- 
 Regards, 
 Martok 

 Ceterum censeo b32079 esse sanandam. 

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