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Project / Subsystem

gcc / gcc

Date

2025-12-15

Author

Andrew MacLeod

Commit

6712abb759a0be27cbf3019bf77a313c5bb86796

Source

github

Perf win

Yes

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project: gcc
subsystem: gcc
patch_id: —
commit_hash: 6712abb759a0be27cbf3019bf77a313c5bb86796
source_type: github
headline: Handle integer constants up front
tldr: The compiler now directly returns an integer constant value when `get_maxval_strlen` is passed an integer constant.
author: Andrew MacLeod
outcome: committed
performance_win: true
breaking_change: false
series_id: —
series_parts: []
tags: • gcc
• optimization
• gimple-fold
• constant folding
discussion_id_link: —
bugzilla_pr: —
url: https://github.com/gcc-mirror/gcc/commit/6712abb759a0be27cbf3019bf77a313c5bb86796
date: 2025-12-15T00:00:00.000Z

When get_maxval_strlen is called with an integer constant, it now directly returns that constant value rather than performing unnecessary calculations. This simplifies the code and might give a very slight performance increase in some constant-heavy code.