Re: [cc65] Optimization for size

From: Groepaz <groepaz1gmx.net>
Date: 2006-04-05 05:57:56
On Wednesday 05 April 2006 02:40, Andrew J. Kroll wrote:
> I just finished up a very nice program for optimizing the AS output of
> CC65. it will generate smaller executables with minimal loss of cpu cycles.
>
> see
>
> http://dr.ea.ms/OPTIML/
>
> to get the tarball.... there is no web page for it yet, because I am
> looking to see how well it is accepted. All you will see is the tarball.
>
> You will need gcc and flex installed in order to compile it.
>
> In my own test results, executables shrink by 8k to 16k depending ofcourse
> on the content. Results will vari.
>
> Enjoy the peephole optimizer, and please if you use it, drop me a line
> with any suggestions, bug reports, new patterns, etc.

that sounds pretty extreme... are you sure you had the compiler optimization 
enabled? (also, did you check ftp://ftp.musoftware.de/pub/groepaz/opt65.c ?)

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