On 2/10/2011 10:53 PM, so wrote: >> While in isolation that's a good idea, how far should it be taken? Should >> the compiler emit information on which >> variables wound up in which registers, and why? What about other of the >> myriad of compiler optimizations? > > Isn't Inlining by far the most important (most practical) optimization among > those that actually we can control? > A few times i have seen comparisons here to similar languages and in most of > them the inlining was the reason (only) for > the inferior performance. > I agree it would be awesome if the compilers had the ability to chose the > best method, but comparisons show sometimes > the opposite, i don't know maybe they are hand-picked for some reason.
Nope.. that'd be choosing the 'right' algorithm.
