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Re:C performance mystery: delete unused string constant by staycoolboy on Wednesday June 24, 2020 @08:33PM (#23635485)
That was my first thought. Not sure what compiler OP is using but I would put "#pragma align" all over the place and see if the absence still makes a difference.
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Re:C performance mystery: delete unused string constant by guerrilla on Thursday June 25, 2020 @04:07AM (#23638072)
That wouldn't help if they're generating ELF files as .rodata is a string table, meaning it's tightly packed and as far as I know neither clang nor gcc pads it.
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Re:C performance mystery: delete unused string constant by staycoolboy on Thursday July 02, 2020 @10:24PM (#23720480)
Ah, I didn't think of that.
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