A little warning in GMP.h
Torbjorn Granlund
tege at swox.com
Mon Sep 27 17:19:35 CEST 2004
Brian Hurt <bhurt at spnz.org> writes:
Another comment I'll make is that the cost of a branch is a function of
how predictable it is. A correctly predicted branch is very cheap- a
clock cycle or two at worst. It's a mispredicted branch which is
expensive.
Yes, but eliminating even a very predictable branch has the
advantage of expanding basic blocks, and thereby facilitate
scheduling and other optimizations.
--
Torbjörn
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