Re: [TrouSerS-tech] [PATCH] Support for compiling on OS X

[Hon C. Lo <hon...@gm...>]

Ken and Mike,

I agreed; I've already merged the code to the master.  Thanks for both of
your inputs!


Vicky

On Fri, Jan 2, 2015 at 11:02 AM, Ken Goldman <kgo...@us...> wrote:

> On 12/26/2014 3:09 PM, Mike Pontillo wrote:
>
> >     Given the fact that various combinations of 'inline' and other
> > keywords result in undefined (or at least inconsistently-defined)
> > behavior, I prefer to rely on behavior that will be consistent across
> > all supported platforms. (That is, unless there is a compelling reason
> > to enable platform-specific compiler optimizations, I would prefer to
> > keep the code simple and clear.)
>
> +1
>
> First, optimizing compilers really don't need these hints anymore.  As
> Mike says, write clear, portable code.  Let the compiler do the rest.
>
> Second, if you profile security applications, you usually find that
> optimizing your code down to nothing will have no measurable effect on
> performance.  One RSA operation, or even a hash, and everything else is
> down in the noise.
>
> It's not worth the programming time, non-portability, and bugs.
>
>
>
>
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