On Sat, Jan 13, 2024 at 9:36 PM Ranier Vilela <ranier(dot)vf(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
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> Em ter., 9 de jan. de 2024 às 06:31, John Naylor <johncnaylorls(at)gmail(dot)com> escreveu:
>> This just moves an operation from one place to the other, while
>> obliterating the explanatory comment, so I don't see an advantage.
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> Well, I think that is precisely the case for using memset.
> The way initialization is currently done is much slower and harmful to the branch.
> Of course, the gain should be small, but it is fully justified for switching to memset.
We haven't seen any evidence or reasoning for that. Simple
rules-of-thumb are not enough.