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On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 04:24:38PM +0000, Dave Mitchell wrote:
> Perl defines the LIKELY() and UNLIKELY() macros, which (under gcc)
> tell the compiler whether a particular expression is likely to be true or
> not...
>
> if (UNLIKELY(rare_condition)) {
> .. do something rare, e.g. warn ...
> }
>
> which will hopefully allow the compiler to do clever things.
>
> Now, my thoughts are:
>
> 1) Has anyone looked at this recently to know whether gcc does anything
> useful with it?
>
> 2) does anyone know whether other compilers provide similar facilities,
> and so want to contribute suitable macro defs?
>
> 3) if it is useful, should we be using it in lots of places?
4) is the cost in making the perl source code even more impenetrable due
to being a twisty maze of macros worth it?
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