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05/27/12 13:13
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 		 #187551 - obfusciating code to help the compiler is a VERY bad idea
Responding to: ???'s previous message
Erik Malund said:
I would agree that obfusciating code to help the compiler is a VERY bad idea.

Absolutely!

The compiler is just a tool; if it doesn't serve your purpose, then it's the wrong tool - change it!

If you really find it necessary to be inspecting the generated code, and trying to tweak the source code to get "optimum" results then, surely, you should be writing (at least that part) in assembly anyhow?!

As has already been discussed ad nauseam, trying to second-guess compiler code generation and, particularly, optimisation is a fool's errand...


List of 33 messages in thread
TopicAuthorDate
Where can one learn Intermediate C techniques for 8051            01/01/70 00:00      
   on the right track            01/01/70 00:00      
      one more thing            01/01/70 00:00      
         Not uncommon bid bad coding standards to comply with            01/01/70 00:00      
         Not afraid of globals, but...            01/01/70 00:00      
   More keil optimizer interesting tidbits            01/01/70 00:00      
      optimization            01/01/70 00:00      
      nothing gained, nothing lost            01/01/70 00:00      
         I don't            01/01/70 00:00      
            you can do both            01/01/70 00:00      
               That is not helping the compiler            01/01/70 00:00      
                  exact same            01/01/70 00:00      
                     Technically, they are not the same            01/01/70 00:00      
                        Hmmm...            01/01/70 00:00      
                        C don't do full evaluation of logical expressions            01/01/70 00:00      
                           In discrete mathematics proving one is not a proof            01/01/70 00:00      
                              Lazy evaluation demanded            01/01/70 00:00      
                                 I have learned something new because of this            01/01/70 00:00      
                                    me too            01/01/70 00:00      
                                       Very Important            01/01/70 00:00      
                              Breaks.            01/01/70 00:00      
                                 Compile the code            01/01/70 00:00      
                                    To be more exact            01/01/70 00:00      
                                       Stop It!!            01/01/70 00:00      
                                          That is exactly what I intended            01/01/70 00:00      
                                             Switch Break.            01/01/70 00:00      
               obfusciating code to help the compiler is a VERY bad idea            01/01/70 00:00      
                  the source of this            01/01/70 00:00      
   Where can one learn Intermediate C techniques for 8051            01/01/70 00:00      
   Getting the least out of your compiler            01/01/70 00:00      
      Maybe IAR should follow their own advice?            01/01/70 00:00      
         provided the case ...            01/01/70 00:00      
            Compilers not knowing the target chip.            01/01/70 00:00      

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