On 27 September 2012 11:38, Walter Bright <newshou...@digitalmars.com> wrote: > On 9/26/2012 5:04 AM, Timon Gehr wrote: >> >> Why should the calling convention have an impact on code >> semantics? > > > Maximizing performance. > > >> The code reads LTR, therefore evaluation should consistently be LTR. > > > The best order is the one that generates the fewest temporaries, and that's > the order that should be defined for D.
Can't see how you can get any fewer temporaries when following the rule: If it has side-effects, cache it's return value. -- Iain Buclaw *(p < e ? p++ : p) = (c & 0x0f) + '0';
