Stefan Krah added the comment: FWIW, on x86/x64 gcc often generates identical code for x = y and memcpy(x, y, 8). See e.g. the PACK_SINGLE and UNPACK_SINGLE macros in Objects/memoryobject.c.
I didn't look at the patch yet, just an idea. ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue16427> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
