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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: A note to exceptions && some notes to codesize
From:       Mario Weilguni <mweilguni () sime ! com>
Date:       1999-06-11 18:47:25
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At Fri, 11 Jun 1999 Peter Putzer wrote:
> 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

I really doubt this without seeing any proof.

Mario

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	You can make it foolproof, but you can't make it
damnfoolproof.

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