> > If I understood well, with modern processor an unpredicatable branch > > (i.e. one with similar probability) is much more time-consuming that an > > unnecessary function call. > > Yes, but the call needs to do memory allocation and a string copy, so it > is not just the call.
I thought that UniqueString() goal was exactly to avoid the string copy... > > ps. is there a way to see the assembly producted by a FPC function? > > Sure. Depending on your prefered asm style: > > fpc -Anasmelf -a -s filename.pas > fpc -Agas -a -s filename.pas Thanks! I wonder if anyone has checked why Kylix version is faster comparing the assembler code. I read the thread but I haven't studied well! ;) Bye Uberto _______________________________________________ fpc-devel maillist - fpc-devel@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-devel
