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Subject: Re: Sequence points, any?
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Thank you very much for your post. That was
pretty good analysis, which was also good
enough to remove my remaining doubts about
the new way gcc is handling the kind of code
mentioned in this thread.


> > If gcc's out-of-sequence optimisation is prevented
> > by using one of the methods mentioned previously,
> > the program actually executes a touch faster.
>
> ... on the CPU you tried it on.  Which may not be the one it was
> optimizing for.

I presume that you are not referring to specific
submodel targets here (e.g. P3, P4, etc.). You
probably have meant to tell me that gcc's general
compile method gets tuned torwards hyperthreading
capable targets - and gcc sticks to its new way of
handling things regardless whether a "vintage target"
like the P3 is specified in the command line option
or not.

Did I get this right?