On 09/03/2010 18:42, Basile Starynkevitch wrote: > Dave Korn wrote: >> >> Yes, I think so; aggregation is the right word for it. Or maybe >> scalarization. If you wrap all these chars in a struct, can SRA >> handle it? > > > I tried
> So it seems indeed that a structure can be cleared efficiently. However, > having a structure has probably also some shortcommings: I would guess > that it is much harder for GCC to keep my flags in registers only. Dunno. Maybe you can get IPA-SRA to kick in and help you. cheers, DaveK