[Zlib-devel] Performance patch set

[Joakim Tjernlund]

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> Stefan,
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> Please package your patch as a file, since these things don't translate well in the body of an email.
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> On May 9, 2010, at 2:05 PM, Stefan Fuhrmann wrote:
> > Inflate is now about 50% faster
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> Thank you for your work!  That is a major improvement.  I will give it a try and see how it does with gcc instead of msvc.
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> Changes of this magnitude leads me to think I should add you as a co-author of inffast.c if they are adopted.  I assume that you would agree to the zlib license in that case?
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> > * inftree.c: explicitly eliminate redundant memory
> > accesses as at least MS VC is not able to do it
> > (fearing pointer aliases?).
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> I don't understand this.  What is it that msvc is not able to do?
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> Please take a look at Joakim's inflate improvements, and see if you have already incorporated them, or if they should be integrated with yours for further speed improvements.
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What happened to this work(both mine and Stefans)?

> Mark