On Fri, 29 Jul 2005, David Woodhouse wrote: > Builtins are more portable and their implementation will improve to > match developments in the target CPU. Inline assembly, as we have seen, > remains the same for years while the technology moves on. > > Although it's often the case that inline assembly _is_ better, > especially in code which is arch-specific in the first place, I wouldn't > necessarily assume that it's always the case.
Well, if some inline assembly is found to be better, then perhaps it should be contributed (not necessarily as is, but as a concept) to GCC for improvement. Maciej - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/