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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: A note to exceptions && some notes to codesize
From:       Peter Putzer <pputzer () edu ! uni-klu ! ac ! at>
Date:       1999-06-11 18:19:11
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On Fri, 11 Jun 1999, Steffen Hansen wrote:

> On Fri, 11 Jun 1999, Waldo Bastian wrote:
> 
> > Currently exception handling in kdelibs just adds bloat and kills cache
> > performance without adding anything substantial. It's not worth it.
> 
> AFAIK egcs _does_ move exception handling code out of line, so it
> shouldn't interfere with the cache at all (unless an exception is thrown
> of course).

I once read a webpage from someone doing benchmarks on different
compiler-options (with egcs and pgcc), and he came to the conclusion that
exception-support has improved so much that removing it actually HURTS
performance! 

(All on Linux/Intel egcs and pgcc - no data on other configurations)

Peter  

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