From: "Sly" <sly AT aussie DOT net>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: Loop unrolling: Don't bother
Date: 2 Mar 1997 03:02:36 GMT
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nikki <nikki AT gameboutique DOT co> wrote in article
<5f8vsu$g84 AT flex DOT uunet DOT pipex DOT com>...
> > Is it possible that with the -O3 option, the compiler sees that these
are
> > indeed constant iteration loops, and unrolls them itself?  Try it with
-O0
> > option, because this should turn off all optimisation.  -O3 is the
highest
> > level of optimisation available.
> 
> i'm fairly sure o3 doesn't unroll loops, or at least it's never unrolled
any
> of mine ;) you can also use o4 no? at least i thought you could..
> 

O4 option?  Does that exist?  The GCC Info docs only go up to O3, with some
extra optimization options available, but no O4.

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TTFN
Sly (Steve)