On Monday, June 13, 2016 at 9:16:27 PM UTC-4, Jeffrey Walton wrote:
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> On Tuesday, June 7, 2016 at 3:19:36 PM UTC-4, Jeffrey Walton wrote:
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>> alignof and alignas was added to Visual Studio 2015. Would someone add 
>>>> the following to the end of config.h and perform some testing under Visual 
>>>> Studio 2015 with it in effect:
>>>>
>>>> // Hack... CRYPTOPP_ALIGN_DATA is defined earlier, before C++11 alignas 
>>>> availability is determined
>>>> #if defined(CRYPTOPP_CXX11_ALIGNAS)
>>>> # undef CRYPTOPP_ALIGN_DATA
>>>> # define CRYPTOPP_ALIGN_DATA(x) alignas(x)
>>>> #endif  // CRYPTOPP_CXX11_ALIGNAS
>>>>
>>>> I'm interested in two things. First, does the code actually compile 
>>>> under Visual Studio 2015. Second, does the code enjoy a speedup when using 
>>>> it?
>>>>
>>>> The speedup (or lack thereof) can be measured with a benchmark:
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>>>>     ./cryptest.exe b <time in seconds> <cpu speed in GHz>
>>>>
>>>
>>> This was committed at 
>>> https://github.com/weidai11/cryptopp/commit/16df6e64a8d026d3369b2fc93572fce7505a9cef
>>>
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>> I want to back this out. The initial test results looked good. However, 
>> the detailed testing is showing some fractures. The pain point seems to be 
>> C++11 is more strict about the location of the 'alignas(N)' in the 
>> statement-expression of the BNF.
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> I've completed a fair amount of testing, including older Clang's and Sun 
> Studio's. It looks like we are safe with Commit 29d36de59e9b4720 (
> http://github.com/weidai11/cryptopp/commit/29d36de59e9b472030f85112fef87c6d559cbf01
> ).
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> I'll be re-adding this change soon if there are no objections.
>

I finished the in-depth testing pass. It includes lesser-used platforms, 
like Windows 2000/VS2002 and Windows XP/VS2003. Everything tested OK.

I'll be committing it shortly and deleting the alignas branch.

Jeff

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