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On Mar 22, 2004, at 10:44 PM, Matt Thomas wrote:

> Translating them to inline functions wouldn't bother me much.
> On some architectures the call overhead can be quite high (VAX).
>
> But I want to see performance numbers for a number of architectures
> including some of the older ones like m68k, vax, alpha.

Yah, platforms where changing them to non-inline functions is likely to 
be a win:

	* alpha
	* Xscale (has branch prediction that optimizes function calls
	  nicely)
	* mips
	* modern IA32 (Xeon, P-III, P-IV)

Platforms where it is likely to be a lose:

	* vax
	* m68k
	* ns32k
	* older IA32

         -- Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@wasabisystems.com>


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