Gabriel Dos Reis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Ian, do you believe something along the line of > > # > I mean, could not we generate the following for "%": > # > > # > rem a b := > # > if abs(b) == 1 > # > return 0 > # > return <machine-instruction> a b > # > # On x86 processors that have conditional moves, why not do the equivalent > # of > # > # neg_b = -b; > # cmov(last result is negative,neg_b,b) > # __machine_rem(a,b) > # > # Then there's no disruption of the pipeline. > > is workable for the affected targets?
Sure, I think the only real issue is where the code should be inserted. Ian
