[M3devel] __int128 coming to gcc

[Tony Hosking]

Possibly, but it would require some fairly strong type analysis in the compiler.  And of course it is not fully general.

On 21 Jan 2010, at 13:02, hendrik at topoi.pooq.com wrote:

> On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 03:36:24AM -0500, Tony Hosking wrote:
>> Subranges have a memory size that depends on the size of the subrange.  
>> All arithmetic is performed using the precision of the base type 
>> however.
> 
> If the compiler can prove it makes no difference, shorter arithmetic is 
> sometimes possible.
> 
> -- hendrik

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