https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=83253
--- Comment #15 from mikulas at artax dot karlin.mff.cuni.cz --- > Well, in theory multiplication by 3 isn't that expensive on i?86/x86_64, > because lea can do that. But multiplication by 4 should be still cheaper or as > cheap as, because if we do * 3 by lea, we can do * 4 by lea too Multiplication by 4 can be combined for free with another addition (i.e. lea eax, [ebx + ecx * 4] and multiplication by 3 can't. So, multilication by 4 should have lower cost than multiplication by 3, even if both result in just one instruction.
