From: Alessandro Rubini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [patch] shrink stage2 by 7%
Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2000 18:51:42 +0200
> I don't think alignment makes a real difference, at least not on the
> x86 (as opposed to risc platforms). At most I expect a 5% difference,
> but 1% is a more likely figure.
Okay, but I'll wait until someone actually tests your patch in a
slow machine.
> If size is not that important, then let me throuw in a decent printf
> (at 1.5kB cost).
Who said such a thing? I have already told you that the sizes of the
images are important.
> In my opinion it's more important than adding a
> newline at column 79 (as every decent serial tty/program has optional
> auto-wrap).
Why? It could be fatal that longer lines are invisible, while %08x
simply makes the looks cool.
But don't get me wrong. I agree that the form "%[digit][letter]"
would be useful, but I want to mean that critical problems are much
more important than merely bad appearances.
Okuji
