[m-rev.] for preliminary review: bug 493 & 532 alterative fix

[Zoltan Somogyi]

2021-05-14 12:07 GMT+10:00 "Peter Wang" <novalazy at gmail.com>:
> Maybe I can do a quick benchmark on the compiler as well,
> but I doubt it will show any difference.

Running "size -A" on the .o files generated with each fix,
and comparing the outputs would tell you about the impact
on static allocation. That would tell you whether ...

> It does sound like a cleaner way to go. Whether it's worth it...
> I assume what we have now should already catch most (nearly all?) cases
> of constant data, so another approach could only improve on it marginally.

... this assumption is correct.

Zoltan.