Ross Ridge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [...]
| >>I think this is best done by linker which | >>can much more reliably compare the contents of functions to see if they | >>are the same. | > | >No it can't. It has no idea what a function consists of other than a | >bunch of bytes, in pretty much all cases. ... Stupid byte | >comparisons of functions generally won't save you anything truly | >interesting. | | Microsoft's implementation has proven that "stupid" byte comparions can | generate significant savings. Not very logn ago I spoke with the VC++ manager about this, and he said that their implementation currently is not conforming -- but they are working on it. The issue has to with f<int> and f<long> required to have difference addresses -- which is violated by their implementation. -- Gaby
