RE: [PHP-DEV] messing with branch prediction

From: Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2006 06:35:59 +0000
Subject: RE: [PHP-DEV] messing with branch prediction
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On Wed, 21 Jun 2006, Zeev Suraski wrote: > Well, as I said I think it actually makes the code more readable, by hinting > you what you can ignore if you're running through the 'common case' (i.e., > even if this macro was a no-op). Diving into a big block of code is easier if > you can ignore parts of it to get the general understanding of what it does. > And if we might get some performance boost out of it, that's even better. Actually, this is why C has the concept of comments in code. regards, Derick -- Derick Rethans http://derickrethans.nl | http://ez.no | http://xdebug.org

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