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Re: lynx-dev [PATCH][dev22] Fix --disable-trace, #includes
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Re: lynx-dev [PATCH][dev22] Fix --disable-trace, #includes |
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Sun, 18 Apr 1999 08:52:25 -0600 (MDT) |
In a recent note, Klaus Weide said:
> Date: Sun, 18 Apr 1999 09:21:14 -0500 (CDT)
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> optimization is much stupider in this respect than what I would have
> expected. I guess that all constant strings are handled very early in
> the compilation process, and then never checked whether actually
> referenced after subsequent optimization passes.
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It's possible that a compiler is cautious about optimizing
string constants in order to preserve copyright notices
intended to appear in the binary.
-- gil