TypeFunction example: ImplictConvTargets

[H. S. Teoh]

On Wed, Oct 07, 2020 at 10:10:56AM -0400, Steven Schveighoffer via Digitalmars-d wrote:
[...]
> memchr is also the secret sauce to how iopipe was able to beat Phobos
> byLine and getline.
> 
> I would like to go back to it at some point and see if it can be
> improved.
> 
> I know that part of the difference would be due to the opaque function
> call (this cannot be inlined), though perhaps memchr is an intrinsic?
[...]

I wouldn't be surprised if optimizing compilers like ldc treated it as
an intrinsic.  IIRC, ldc already recognizes memcpy as an intrinsic and
therefore knows how to inline it / substitute it with suitable
instructions in special cases, even though it's supposed to be "opaque".


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