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Duncan wrote: |
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> Could you point me at some info on this one (-ftree-vectorize)? It came |
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> up on the amd64 list a week or so ago, when someone asked what I thought |
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> of it and why I didn't have it in my cflags (which I had just explained). |
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> I said I didn't know enough about it to make a case either way, and as |
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> such, didn't choose to use it. However, after a bit of discussion, I |
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> decided to add it to my cflags on a very experimental basis. I haven't |
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> experienced any issues with it, but then I haven't done any major |
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> compiling since then either, only the routine updates. |
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> If I had rather more info on it, therefore, particularly on why it might |
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> break stuff, I'd be able to pass it on, telling the list and in particular |
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> the guy that asked, why it's NOT a good thing to use. Thus, point me at |
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> it, if you got it. Even something as simple as a list of bugs traced to |
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> it would be useful as something I could point at, if that's what you are |
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> basing your remark on. |
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I can't give you reasons, but I can tell you it totally broke my x86 |
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system a while back. |
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Thanks, |
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Donnie |
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