From: Gabriel Dos Reis <gdr@integrable-solutions.net>
To: Richard Guenther <rguenth@tat.physik.uni-tuebingen.de>
Cc: Martin Reinecke <martin@mpa-garching.mpg.de>, <gcc@gcc.gnu.org>
Subject: Re: std::pow implementation
Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 11:08:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m3oezbj81g.fsf@uniton.integrable-solutions.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0307311154040.14031-100000@bellatrix.tat.physik.uni-tuebingen.de>
Richard Guenther <rguenth@tat.physik.uni-tuebingen.de> writes:
| Martin Reinecke <martin@mpa-garching.mpg.de> writes:
|
| | Gabriel Dos Reis wrote:
| |
| | > It is tempting to make the analogy with "register", but you have to
| | > acknowledge the fact that inlining strategy is not at the same level
| | > of sophistication as register allocation. Therefore, any answer you
| | > get for the question above is irrelevant to whether you should decide
| | > whether your programmed inliner always knows better than the
| | > programmer. Until then, please listen to the programmer. Don't
| | > transmute "inline".
| |
| | Yes, you should listen to the programmer. But unless the programmer
| | has a chance to express his intent _exactly_, there is no way to find
| | out what he really meant. And he cannot do so in the discussed situation.
|
| How to be sure there would not be another quibble about whether he
| really wanted to express exactly his intent? something like
|
| [P] inline
| [C] do you inline mean inline?
| [P] Yes
| [C] Are you sure you really mean inline?
| [P] Yes
| [C] Did you mean the last answer?
| [P] ...
|
| Ah, come on, stop whining and making this list look like a Kindergarten.
because it is :-)
| That way lies infinite recursion with no way of getting started,
| i.e. no productive work. We don't need complication to get decent
| results. KCC didn't need a hierarchy of intent of inline before
| producing much better code. When we will reach the level where the
| compiler trusts the programmer, we could start worrying about what is
| next. Like they say here, Paris is built in one day.
| First, start trusting the programmer; when you're good at that job, you
| would be able to handle subtile distinctions.
|
| Martin is right that there is a lack of being able to express what one
| means.
I'm not saying he is wrong. I'm saying, let's tackle that tower latter
when we know how to build a two floor house, because getting two-floor
house good now is a more urgent issue than building a babel tomorrow.
| And which this lack you cannot be sure if the programmer with
| "inline" meant inline or maybe inline.
And you won't be sure either that the three stage is sufficient for the
programmer. We're not at the stage of designing a language from scratch.
| You cannot even be sure if he meant
| do not inline if he omitted inline. It doesnt help that _you_ mean inline
| if you write it.
|
| So face it - gcc _has_ to map both "inline" and not "inline" to
| maybe-inline. There are (non portable) ways to specify do not inline
| (attribute noinline) and do always inline (attribute always_inline).
| The way out of this discussion is to make gcc's heuristics better, not to
| force it into any static notion about "inline" or not "inline".
Please do be careful about the fact that I'm not proposing that g++
should not inline a function not marked inline.
-- Gaby
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2003-07-31 10:54 Richard Guenther
2003-07-31 11:08 ` Gabriel Dos Reis [this message]
2003-07-31 11:31 ` Rob Taylor
2003-07-31 14:13 ` Scott Robert Ladd
2003-07-31 14:44 ` Gabriel Dos Reis
2003-07-31 17:24 ` Steven Bosscher
2003-07-31 18:45 ` Scott Robert Ladd
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2003-08-04 22:57 Robert Dewar
2003-08-04 18:42 Robert Dewar
2003-08-04 18:46 ` Gabriel Dos Reis
2003-08-04 18:22 Robert Dewar
2003-08-04 18:29 ` Gabriel Dos Reis
2003-08-04 18:21 Robert Dewar
2003-08-04 18:08 Robert Dewar
2003-08-04 18:17 ` Gabriel Dos Reis
2003-08-04 17:48 Robert Dewar
2003-08-04 17:57 ` Gabriel Dos Reis
2003-08-04 18:14 ` Joe Buck
2003-08-04 17:43 Robert Dewar
2003-08-04 17:53 ` Gabriel Dos Reis
2003-08-04 17:33 Robert Dewar
2003-08-04 17:36 ` Joe Buck
2003-08-04 17:38 ` Gabriel Dos Reis
2003-08-04 22:28 ` Mark Hahn
2003-08-04 22:49 ` tm_gccmail
2003-08-04 17:03 Robert Dewar
2003-08-04 17:23 ` Joe Buck
2003-08-04 18:05 ` Richard Earnshaw
2003-08-04 18:15 ` Gabriel Dos Reis
2003-08-04 19:00 ` Bernd Schmidt
2003-08-04 19:12 ` Richard Guenther
2003-07-31 12:05 Robert Dewar
2003-07-31 13:00 ` Gabriel Dos Reis
2003-07-31 11:50 Robert Dewar
2003-07-31 10:19 Martin Reinecke
2003-07-31 10:38 ` Gabriel Dos Reis
2003-07-30 22:49 Robert Dewar
2003-07-30 22:28 Robert Dewar
2003-07-30 21:49 Robert Dewar
2003-07-30 16:36 Robert Dewar
2003-07-30 16:49 ` Gabriel Dos Reis
2003-07-30 16:55 ` Scott Robert Ladd
2003-07-30 19:21 ` Felix Lee
2003-07-30 16:08 Robert Dewar
2003-07-30 16:06 Richard Guenther
2003-07-30 16:37 ` Martin Reinecke
2003-07-30 14:25 Robert Dewar
2003-07-30 14:49 ` Gabriel Dos Reis
2003-07-30 14:21 Robert Dewar
2003-07-30 14:44 ` Gabriel Dos Reis
2003-07-30 14:51 ` Paolo Carlini
2003-07-30 16:59 ` Joe Buck
2003-07-30 17:35 ` Richard Earnshaw
2003-07-30 14:18 Robert Dewar
2003-07-30 14:31 ` Richard Earnshaw
2003-07-30 14:36 ` Richard Guenther
2003-07-30 14:11 Robert Dewar
2003-07-30 14:29 ` Richard Guenther
2003-07-30 14:05 Robert Dewar
2003-07-30 14:14 ` Gabriel Dos Reis
2003-07-30 14:04 Robert Dewar
2003-07-30 14:10 ` Gabriel Dos Reis
2003-07-30 13:56 Robert Dewar
2003-07-30 14:04 ` Richard Guenther
2003-07-30 14:08 ` Gabriel Dos Reis
2003-07-31 2:10 ` Alexandre Oliva
2003-07-31 2:46 ` Gabriel Dos Reis
2003-07-31 6:49 ` Alexandre Oliva
2003-07-31 7:58 ` Gabriel Dos Reis
2003-07-31 8:14 ` Gabriel Dos Reis
2003-07-30 13:52 Robert Dewar
2003-07-30 14:02 ` Richard Guenther
2003-07-30 13:25 Robert Dewar
2003-07-30 13:13 Martin Reinecke
2003-07-30 13:30 ` Gabriel Dos Reis
2003-07-30 13:40 ` Martin Reinecke
2003-07-30 13:46 ` Andrew Pinski
2003-07-30 13:47 ` Steven Bosscher
2003-07-30 14:32 ` Martin Reinecke
2003-07-30 13:53 ` Gabriel Dos Reis
2003-07-30 14:14 ` Martin Reinecke
2003-07-30 14:33 ` Gabriel Dos Reis
2003-07-30 15:27 ` Martin Reinecke
2003-07-30 15:42 ` Gabriel Dos Reis
2003-07-30 17:38 ` Martin Reinecke
2003-08-04 12:55 ` Theodore Papadopoulo
2003-08-04 13:11 ` Gabriel Dos Reis
2003-08-04 14:32 ` Theodore Papadopoulo
2003-08-04 14:50 ` Gabriel Dos Reis
2003-08-04 14:58 ` Daniel Berlin
2003-07-30 15:56 ` Scott Robert Ladd
2003-07-30 16:16 ` Steven Bosscher
2003-07-30 16:47 ` Scott Robert Ladd
2003-07-30 12:55 Stephan T. Lavavej
2003-07-30 12:59 ` Gabriel Dos Reis
2003-07-29 11:57 Richard Guenther
2003-07-29 12:10 ` Gabriel Dos Reis
2003-07-29 12:10 ` Richard Guenther
2003-07-29 12:14 ` Gabriel Dos Reis
2003-07-29 12:25 ` Richard Guenther
2003-07-29 12:38 ` Gabriel Dos Reis
2003-07-29 12:44 ` Richard Guenther
2003-07-29 12:49 ` Gabriel Dos Reis
2003-07-30 5:18 ` Alexandre Oliva
2003-07-30 5:26 ` Gabriel Dos Reis
2003-07-30 6:57 ` Alexandre Oliva
2003-07-30 10:11 ` Gabriel Dos Reis
2003-07-30 11:58 ` Richard Earnshaw
2003-07-30 12:11 ` Gabriel Dos Reis
2003-07-30 12:13 ` Steven Bosscher
2003-07-30 12:23 ` Gabriel Dos Reis
2003-07-30 12:31 ` Steven Bosscher
2003-07-30 12:47 ` Gabriel Dos Reis
2003-07-30 13:06 ` Steven Bosscher
2003-07-30 13:22 ` Gabriel Dos Reis
2003-07-30 12:42 ` Richard Guenther
2003-07-30 12:46 ` Gabriel Dos Reis
2003-07-30 13:01 ` Richard Guenther
2003-07-30 13:26 ` Steven Bosscher
2003-07-30 13:38 ` Richard Guenther
2003-07-30 13:49 ` Gabriel Dos Reis
2003-07-30 13:19 ` Karel Gardas
2003-07-30 13:24 ` Gabriel Dos Reis
2003-07-30 13:41 ` Richard Earnshaw
2003-07-30 13:51 ` Gabriel Dos Reis
2003-07-30 13:51 ` Richard Earnshaw
2003-07-30 13:59 ` Gabriel Dos Reis
2003-07-30 14:08 ` Richard Guenther
2003-07-30 14:19 ` Richard Guenther
2003-07-30 14:24 ` Gabriel Dos Reis
2003-07-30 14:48 ` Richard Guenther
2003-07-30 14:55 ` Gabriel Dos Reis
2003-07-30 15:29 ` Richard Guenther
2003-07-31 0:30 ` Richard B. Kreckel
2003-07-30 14:11 ` Richard Earnshaw
2003-07-30 14:26 ` Gabriel Dos Reis
2003-07-30 16:25 ` Scott Robert Ladd
2003-07-30 13:59 ` Richard Guenther
2003-07-30 14:01 ` Gabriel Dos Reis
2003-07-30 15:45 ` Scott Robert Ladd
2003-07-30 16:50 ` Richard Earnshaw
2003-07-30 16:57 ` Gabriel Dos Reis
2003-07-30 17:42 ` Richard Earnshaw
2003-07-30 18:06 ` Gabriel Dos Reis
2003-07-30 17:02 ` Scott Robert Ladd
2003-07-30 19:31 ` tm_gccmail
2003-07-30 17:32 ` Joe Buck
2003-07-29 12:53 ` Steven Bosscher
2003-07-29 12:53 ` Gabriel Dos Reis
2003-07-29 12:58 ` Richard Guenther
2003-07-29 12:59 ` Steven Bosscher
2003-07-29 13:05 ` Paolo Carlini
2003-07-29 13:22 ` Richard Guenther
2003-07-29 13:36 ` Steven Bosscher
2003-07-29 14:14 ` Richard Guenther
2003-07-29 14:22 ` Richard Guenther
2003-07-29 13:00 ` Andrew Pinski
2003-07-29 13:28 ` Richard Guenther
2003-07-29 13:59 ` Andrew Pinski
2003-07-29 14:17 ` Gabriel Dos Reis
2003-07-29 13:14 ` Gabriel Dos Reis
2003-07-29 13:14 ` Steven Bosscher
2003-07-29 14:08 ` Gabriel Dos Reis
2003-07-29 14:24 ` Steven Bosscher
2003-07-29 14:24 ` Gabriel Dos Reis
2003-07-29 14:31 ` Gabriel Dos Reis
2003-07-29 14:40 ` Steven Bosscher
2003-07-29 15:11 ` Gabriel Dos Reis
2003-07-29 15:37 ` Michael Matz
2003-07-29 15:59 ` Gabriel Dos Reis
2003-07-29 15:59 ` Michael Matz
2003-07-29 16:05 ` Gabriel Dos Reis
2003-07-29 16:20 ` Rob Taylor
2003-07-29 14:36 ` Gabriel Dos Reis
2003-07-29 15:24 ` Richard Guenther
2003-07-29 16:30 ` Gabriel Dos Reis
2003-07-29 18:35 ` Richard Guenther
2003-07-29 14:51 ` Gabriel Dos Reis
2003-07-29 15:33 ` Steven Bosscher
2003-07-30 5:24 ` Alexandre Oliva
2003-07-30 5:33 ` Gabriel Dos Reis
2003-07-30 6:38 ` Alexandre Oliva
2003-07-30 10:32 ` Gabriel Dos Reis
2003-07-30 10:33 ` Alexandre Oliva
2003-07-30 10:46 ` Gabriel Dos Reis
2003-07-30 11:57 ` Alexandre Oliva
2003-07-30 12:20 ` Gabriel Dos Reis
2003-07-30 15:50 ` Scott Robert Ladd
2003-07-30 15:53 ` Steven Bosscher
2003-07-30 15:53 ` Richard Guenther
2003-07-30 16:01 ` Gabriel Dos Reis
2003-07-30 16:09 ` Steven Bosscher
2003-07-30 16:39 ` Gabriel Dos Reis
2003-07-30 16:17 ` Richard Guenther
2003-07-30 16:24 ` Steven Bosscher
2003-08-04 16:55 ` Bernd Schmidt
2003-08-04 17:08 ` Alexandre Oliva
2003-07-30 10:37 ` Steven Bosscher
2003-07-30 11:31 ` Gabriel Dos Reis
2003-07-30 15:44 ` Scott Robert Ladd
2003-07-30 17:10 ` Joe Buck
2003-07-30 17:32 ` Richard Guenther
2003-07-30 18:22 ` Daniel Berlin
2003-07-30 19:08 ` Richard Guenther
2003-07-30 19:12 ` Daniel Berlin
2003-07-30 17:06 ` Joe Buck
2003-07-30 17:26 ` Gabriel Dos Reis
2003-07-29 19:58 ` Neil Booth
2003-07-29 20:14 ` Gabriel Dos Reis
2003-07-29 20:33 ` Richard Guenther
2003-07-29 20:49 ` Gabriel Dos Reis
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