Re: [boost] [multiprecision] Help needed with strange constexpr slowdown

Subject: Re: [boost] [multiprecision] Help needed with strange constexpr slowdown
From: John Maddock (jz.maddock_at_[hidden])
Date: 2018-01-03 18:27:23

>
> I actually found that gcc produced better code when string literals were static
> const and not constexpr.

Thanks for everyone who's commented here or on the bug tracker.

What's clear is that pre-gcc-7 there is a very noticeable slowdown for 
functions where a temporary with a constexpr constructor relies on the 
named-return-value-optimisation.  Even with gcc-7 there are non-trivial 
changes to the assembly produced, where I would have expected them to be 
identical (given that the temporary is constructed in a non-constexpr 
context).  Still, at least the performance is the same.  In any case, 
it's clear that these new features can have strange unintended consequences.

Best, John.

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