Re: [KOS] optimization oddity

[Dan P. <ba...@al...>]

On Mar 15, Jim Ursetto wrote:

> The fact that the return value optimization is not performed for
> assignments, which is a property of C++ and not gcc-specific, is turning
> out to be important.  The following code [yes my brain is fried now]
> shows the difference between "a = b * scalar", "a = b; a *= scalar",
> and "Vector a = b * scalar".  Just note the number of instructions.

That's kind of depressing actually. :) What compiler version are you using
for your tests?