On Mon, 16 Aug 2010, SK wrote: > On Sat, Aug 14, 2010 at 2:56 PM, SK <[email protected]> wrote: > > Will D try to stay current with new processor instructions or provide > > just a lowest common denominator? I notice that newer x86 > > instructions such as CRC32 and POPCNT are not supported by the inline > > assembler. > > > > Well, this one was certainly a dud. ;^) I get the feeling I'm more > down on the metal than most folks on this interesting list. > Can anyone opine about assembler plans? Some new instructions offer a > meaningful performance boost in the right niche, so I hate to think > the assembler won't expose them. > -steve
Please file an enhancement bug report (at a minimum). Even better would be to take a look at the source and produce a patch adding support for it (iasm.c in the src tree). Adding new codes shouldn't be terribly difficult, but I've not studied that particular part of the code yet. Later, Brad
