On Friday, 30 August 2013 at 09:33:25 UTC, Benjamin Thaut wrote:
Am 30.08.2013 11:17, schrieb deadalnix:
My understanding is that it can be optimized away. Or can it ?
It can in C/C++ because microsoft has really good LTO (link
time optimization). As Rainer Schuetze explained the format of
the object files used for LTO is propriatary and unkown to the
public. So we can not easily use that, and its unlikely we can
use it at all. Also for 32-bit windows it can not be optimized
away because optlink does not do LTO.
win32 is kind of a dead end anyway. It is still very alive today,
but we want to aim for the future. And it WILL disappear.
The object format is kind of anoying.
In theory it could be optimized away, but in pratice I doubt we
are going to see this kind of optimization in dmd any time
soon. And as dmd is the only viable option on windows right now
I would prefer the better performing second solution to this
problem
I understand. But sacrificing good design for immediate reward is
bound to cost way more in the long run if D is successful. And if
D fails, then it doesn't matter.
