[MPlayer-dev-eng] [PATCH] -fno-strict-aliasing on gcc > 3

Michael Niedermayer michaelni at gmx.at
Mon Jul 11 20:52:51 CEST 2005


Hi

On Monday 11 July 2005 20:41, Reimar Döffinger wrote:
> Hi,
> due to problems with mp3lib and a recent IMHO ugly patch to ebml.c
> lately, I came to the conclusion that the strict aliasing rules are evil
> (or at least a PITA).
> So I suggest the attached patch, that adds -fno-strict-aliasing to the
> CFLAGS for any gcc >= 3.
> Please comment, and fast, since otherwise I will apply Wednesday.

this needs to be benchmarked, it could have zero effect on speed or a quite 
significant one ...

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Michael




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