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Re:Can you trust a compiler to optimize your code? by dwrodri on Tuesday August 01, 2023 @01:31PM (#36959329)
Re:Can you trust a compiler to optimize your code? by quelltext on Wednesday August 02, 2023 @01:55AM (#36967430)
No quite, those are hints to guide the optimizer to do a better job based on programmer knowledge. They aren't attributes to indicate "I expect / need this particular optimization A to be done on this code block".