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Re: 1.3.10 memcmp() bug


> >  I wasnt sure wheter I should post about this on gcc bug report list or
> > here. Anyways, it seems that using -O2 flag with gcc causes huge 
>slowdown
> > in memcmp(). However i dont see performance drop under linux, so I 
>suppose
> > it is cygwin issue.

cygwin's gcc version may be using an outdated x86 'optimization' for memcmp. 
  VC++ has a similar problem, see this:

http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&threadm=ucZKhyE3BHA.1464%40tkmsftngp02&rnum=3&prev=/groups%3Fq%3Drep%2Bgroup:microsoft.public.dotnet.languages.vc%26hl%3Den%26selm%3DucZKhyE3BHA.1464%2540tkmsftngp02%26rnum%3D3


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