[gst-devel] [gst-cvs] gstreamer: micro-optim: if (x) is cheaper than if (x > 0) for unsigned integers

[Xavier Bestel]

On Fri, 2010-12-03 at 12:59 +0100, Edward Hervey wrote:
> > > micro-optim: if (x) is cheaper than if (x > 0) for unsigned integers
> > 
> > I really really dislike this change. Is it really worth it?
> 
>   I saw gcc asm where it was doing an expensive compare as opposed to a
> fast != 0. So yes, needed. Worth it ? Well I did title it "micro-optim".

I'd say the bug is with gcc, not gstreamer.
A different compiler may generate correct code for this.

	Xav