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05/30/12 08:05
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 		 #187580 - Maybe IAR should follow their own advice?
Responding to: ???'s previous message
Andy Neil said:
Getting the Least Out of Your C Compiler
Class #508, Embedded Systems Conference San Francisco 2001
Jakob Engblom, IAR Systems


It's a very interesting article ... until you find out that the ARM compiler does not use bit-shifts when dividing a 64-bit integer by a power of 2, but calls the 64-bit division routine (big, slow) in any case.

Writing

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x = x / 1024;
 


is nice for clarity (since it clearly shows that it means an actual division instead of some abstract bit manipulation, but what would you do if


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x = (x >= 0) ? (x >> 10) : (-((-x) >> 10));
 


is so much faster and results in smaller code? (provided the case (x == NEGATIVE_MAX) never occurs or is handled separately)


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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