Re: Immediate arguments optimizer fails

H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> Charles Crayne wrote:
>> On Wed, 19 Mar 2008 21:24:34 -0700
>> "H. Peter Anvin" <hpazytor.com> wrote:
>>
>>> That doesn't change the fact that, with the
optimizer on:
>>>
>>> 	bits 32
>>> 	push 0FFFFFFFFh
>>>
>>> ... should produce a 2-byte sequence, not a
5-byte sequence.  Period. 
>> What should:
>>
>>      bits 32
>>      push 4294967295
>>
>> ... produce?
>>
> 
> The same thing.
> 

To be utterly specific:

The optimizer should always produce the shortest sequence
that:

- is fully semantically equivalent;
- is as fast or faster than the original sequence.

	-hpa

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