Quote: replicate loop test at head and tail of loop; optimization eliminates the first test if constant operands

Quotation Skeleton

[PL.8's] strategy of replicating the loop test [at the head and tail of a for loop] is thus implemented by translation. … if the code at the loop head is … special case for loops with constant bounds.   Google-1   Google-2

Copyright clearance needed for quotation.

Related Topics

Topic: code optimization by code rewrite (30 items)