Landing: c4c8f794634e
Project / Subsystem
gcc / hwint
Date
2026-08-03
Author
Kael Andrew Alonzo Franco
Commit
c4c8f794634e08f6fc432c8883ff1ff1e10078f4
Source
github
Perf win
Yes
Breaking
No
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- Hardware Intrinsics: Simplify sext_hwi.
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- Hardware intrinsic header simplified for faster compilation.
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- Kael Andrew Alonzo Franco
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- committed
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- • hwint
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- • performance
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- 2026-08-03T00:00:00.000Z
The sext_hwi function within the hardware intrinsics header (hwint.h) has been simplified by combining duplicated C++ code. This change reduces the amount of code that C++ compilers need to process, potentially leading to faster compilation times for source files that include this header.