On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 04:07:28PM +0100, Dominique Dhumieres wrote: > May I remind my original question: > > > In the block "Handle constant exponents." in gcc/builtins.c, the condition > > !optimize_size has been replaced with optimize_insn_for_speed_p () between > > gcc 4.3 and 4.4, but I have not been able to find when and why. > > Does anybody remembers the when and why? > > This change has been commited by someone and should have been approved by > someone else.
svn blame is your friend, then finding a patch on gcc-patches from that day up to a few days before the commit. Jakub