Steven M. Schweda wrote: > From: Paul Eggert > >> I installed the following patch, which I hope fixes the problem. [...] > > It does around here.
Thanks for confirming. > Thanks. I just hope that all the C > preprocessors around the world appreciate all the work that you're > saving them. It was educational for me, too. I'm beginning to see why > my old computers seem to get progressively slower. A few more > operations here, some dead code there -- it's all becoming clear now. > It's a pity that that awful "#if xxx" isn't easier to read and reason > about... Do you know of a modern optimizing compiler that fails to elide the dead code? If so, please let us know.