From: Greg McGary <greg@mcgary.org>
To: "Frank Ch. Eigler" <fche@redhat.com>
Cc: cgen@sources.redhat.com, sid@sources.redhat.com
Subject: Re: branch probability hinting
Date: Thu, 01 Mar 2001 09:26:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <msae75jt90.fsf@mcgary.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20010301121325.C15190@redhat.com>
"Frank Ch. Eigler" <fche@redhat.com> writes:
> echristo suggests "expect", which I don't like because
> it doesn't have a natural opposite ("unexpect"?). mrg
> suggests "predict_true". which I don't like because it's
> too verbose. I like "LIKELY" because it's short,
> eyecatching, and a reversible adjective/adverb that
> suggests a meta-function rather than an ordinary function.
>
> I'd like to stick with LIKELY/UNLIKELY for now, until
> a better candidate comes along later, riding alongside
> a champion who is eager enough to do the renaming.
I don't normally waste bandwidth with "me too" messages, but since
some expressed their distaste for Frank's naming, I thought I'd offer
some counterweight. I like Frank's names and capitalization for all
the reasons he explains. The terminology also meshes with MIPS
jargon.
Greg
prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-03-01 9:26 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-02-28 14:35 Frank Ch. Eigler
2001-02-28 15:01 ` Greg McGary
2001-02-28 16:37 ` matthew green
[not found] ` <6863.983407030.cygnus.local.cgen@cygnus.com>
2001-02-28 16:50 ` Eric Christopher
2001-02-28 17:04 ` matthew green
2001-03-01 9:13 ` Frank Ch. Eigler
2001-03-01 9:21 ` Dave Brolley
2001-03-01 9:32 ` Greg McGary
2001-03-01 9:26 ` Greg McGary [this message]
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