Can you shrink it further?

[Andrei Alexandrescu via Digitalmars-d]

On 10/11/2016 10:49 AM, Matthias Bentrup wrote:
>
> void popFrontAsmIntel(ref char[] s) @trusted pure nothrow {
>   immutable c = s[0];
>   if (c < 0x80) {
>     s = s[1 .. $];
>   } else {
>     uint l = void;
>     asm pure nothrow @nogc {
>       mov EAX, 1;
>       mov BL, 0xf8-1;
>       sub BL, c;
>       cmp BL, 0xf8-0xc0;
>       adc EAX, 0;
>       cmp BL, 0xf8-0xe0;
>       adc EAX, 0;
>       cmp BL, 0xf8-0xf0;
>       adc EAX, 0;
>       mov l, EAX;
>     }
>     s = s[l <= $ ? l : $ .. $];
>   }
> }

Did you take a look at the codegen on http://ldc.acomirei.ru? It's huge. 
-- Andrei