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From: eplmst AT lu DOT erisoft DOT se (Martin Stromberg)
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Subject: Re: Drawbacks with code optimization?
Date: 19 Apr 2002 09:22:59 GMT
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Goh, Yong Kwang (gohyongkwang AT hotmail DOT com) wrote:
: Any drawbacks with turning on optimization when generating a production copy
: for distribution for usage?

No. Because you should be using optimisation while doing the
programming from the start.

: Is there a possibility that the compiler may mis-interprete the original
: program logic and rearrange the codes such that the program doesn't work as
: expected with optimization turned on, even though the program source is
: clearly OK?

No. This assumes there no bugs in the compilator and no strange ideas
of what clearly OK source means.

: How do we determine the level of optimization that is appropriate or
: suitable for a program, apart from experimentation? -O1, -O2 or -O3?

Start with -O2. Always use this from the beginning.

Then you could try higher levels or specific options and see if they
have any effect. This part is experimentation.


Right,

						MartinS