Arne Goedeke wrote: >>- cpp.o is 153KB vs. language.o being 131KB. It is rather unexpected >> that the cpp module is larger than the actual language parser. >> Why don't we use yacc for the preprocessor too; or is it difficult to >> capture the rules in yacc for the preprocessor?
>The preprocessor is included 3 times (once for each string width). A So Pike actually supports source code delivered in UTF character encoding? Does that make sense? Why not limit the preprocessor and source compiling to 8 bit only? >similar thing happens in sscanf (for all possible combinations of >string widths). >One other culprit for code size is sprintf, due to the use of huge macros >for slow paths. There are this and other places where reducing the code size by >de-inlining would also help performance on big cpus (or at least not make it >slower). I'd think so too. Increases cache hits, at least. -- Stephen.
