Re: [hatari-devel] 68030 and movem

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> Am 18.09.2023 um 10:51 schrieb Nicolas Pomarède <npomarede@xxxxxxxxxxxx>:
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> Le 18/09/2023 à 10:46, Andreas Grabher a écrit :
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>>> do you mean the ones that use "int predec = 0;" ? If so they should be optimized by the compiler.
>>> 
>>> Nicolas
>>> 
>> That is likely. But why do we add code just to optimize it away afterwards? At least it is bad for readability.
> 
> I guess it's easier for Toni to have a smaller code patch in gencpu.c (which is already quite hard to read/follow and have all the important CPU logic) and leave it to the compiler to optimize cpuemu_xx.c files (which are generated files that not many people will read, except on specific opcodes' debugging)
> 
> Nicolas
> 
The patch is shorter, but not better readable. For example it needs some effort to understand what !i means. Readability of the generated files is essential for debugging. 


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