misc vfprintf cleanups admissible?

Jakub Jelinek jakub@redhat.com
Sun Nov 30 20:36:00 GMT 2003


On Sun, Nov 30, 2003 at 03:30:49PM -0500, Aldy Hernandez wrote:
> >>Would a patch converting the following macros to inline functions be
> >>acceptable?
> >
> >Not if the object code is changed.
> >
> 
> Is this a speed issue?  Have macros been known to be faster for this 
> particular case?  Or is this some weird ABI issue I am unaware of?
> 
> If it is a speed issue, are we talking _exactly_ the same object code, 
> or will we worry about a few extra instructions ;-).

I think if you make the code smaller and faster (and still correct), nobody
will complain that it is not exactly the same object code.

	Jakub



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