Neil Conway writes:
> However, it does appear that we can tweak flex for more performance
> (usually at the expense of a larger generated parser). In particular, it
> looks like we could use "-Cf" or "-CF". Is this a good idea?
Probably. Run some performance tests if you like. It looks like -CFea
might be a reasonable candidate.
> While we're on the subject of minor optimizations, is there a reason why
> we execute gcc with "-O2" rather than "-O3" during compilation?
Mainly because everyone does it this way. Probably because it's a
reasonable compromise between execution speed, compilation speed,
debuggability, and compiler bugs.
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Peter Eisentraut peter_e@gmx.net