Re: ANSI-strict pointer aliasing rules - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Andrew Dunstan
Subject Re: ANSI-strict pointer aliasing rules
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Msg-id 44509723.1040504@dunslane.net
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In response to Re: ANSI-strict pointer aliasing rules  (Taral <taralx@gmail.com>)
Responses Re: ANSI-strict pointer aliasing rules
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Taral wrote:

>>4. Find the option for disabling strict alias and get configure to add
>>that.
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>You'll still lose performance, but the option is "-qalias=noansi".
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Next time we have this discussion I wish someone would actually document 
the performance differences. IIRC most of what I have seen makes it at 
best marginal.

Personally, I think this whole mess results from a bad case of 
committee-itis.

cheers

andrew



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