Re: Optimizing structure layout

Christopher Glaeser <cdg@nullstone.com>
22 Mar 1997 23:31:52 -0500

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From: Christopher Glaeser <cdg@nullstone.com>
Newsgroups: comp.compilers
Date: 22 Mar 1997 23:31:52 -0500
Organization: Nullstone Corporation
References: 97-03-130
Keywords: storage, optimize

erik.schnetter@student.uni-tuebingen.de wrote:


> While it is quite common that compilers optimize the code they produce, I
> haven't heard of a commonly used system that really optimizes the layout
> of the data structures that are generated. Are there such systems?


Is your question limited to C-style struct data structures, or all data
structures, including arrays?


Regarding array data structures, there are compilers that reshape arrays
for optimal memory and cache alignment to improve the performance of
algorithms such as matrix multiply.


Best regards,
Christopher Glaeser cdg@nullstone.com
Nullstone Corporation http://www.nullstone.com
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