Re: lynx-dev coding style, ifdefs

[Vlad Harchev]

On Sat, 16 Oct 1999, Leonid Pauzner wrote:

> 16-Oct-99 12:40 Vlad Harchev wrote:
> >>               foo(2);
> >>           };
> 
> >  Nice thing! I forgot about this. But from performance reasons, your variant
> > is slightly worse (since compilers optimize in basic blocks, if NO_BAR is
> > defined, extra basic block will be created, that will increase code size,
> > execution time). Of course, gcc is smart to optimize accross basic blocks, 
> > but
> > anyway it gives worse code even on gcc I believe.
> 
> Inadequate thing: you save few [nano]seconds of compilation time
> but spend hours in reading/writing to/from lynx-dev
> and assume everyone want follow that way.

  Of course compilation time is not important, execution time is.
  OK, let's create more basic blocks as the cost for readability.
 
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 Best regards,
  -Vlad