Re: [fpc-devel] Policy on platform-specific compiler code

2020-10-16 Thread J. Gareth Moreton via fpc-devel
On 16/10/2020 10:47, Jonas Maebe via fpc-devel wrote: On 16/10/2020 10:14, J. Gareth Moreton via fpc-devel wrote: Before I go optimising the wrong thing, I have a question to ask. What's the policy on platform-specific assembly language in the compiler, or any code designed to run on a

Re: [fpc-devel] Policy on platform-specific compiler code

2020-10-16 Thread Jonas Maebe via fpc-devel
On 16/10/2020 10:14, J. Gareth Moreton via fpc-devel wrote: > Before I go optimising the wrong thing, I have a question to ask.  > What's the policy on platform-specific assembly language in the > compiler, or any code designed to run on a specific (source) platform > (and using a more generic

[fpc-devel] Policy on platform-specific compiler code

2020-10-16 Thread J. Gareth Moreton via fpc-devel
Hi everyone, Before I go optimising the wrong thing, I have a question to ask.  What's the policy on platform-specific assembly language in the compiler, or any code designed to run on a specific (source) platform (and using a more generic implementation otherwise via $ifdef)?  I ask because