inline asm plans

[Brad Roberts]

On Mon, 16 Aug 2010, SK wrote:

> On Sat, Aug 14, 2010 at 2:56 PM, SK <sk at metrokings.com> wrote:
> > Will D try to stay current with new processor instructions or provide
> > just a lowest common denominator?  I notice that newer x86
> > instructions such as CRC32 and POPCNT are not supported by the inline
> > assembler.
> >
> 
> Well, this one was certainly a dud.  ;^)  I get the feeling I'm more
> down on the metal than most folks on this interesting list.
> Can anyone opine about assembler plans?  Some new instructions offer a
> meaningful performance boost in the right niche, so I hate to think
> the assembler won't expose them.
> -steve

Please file an enhancement bug report (at a minimum).  Even better would 
be to take a look at the source and produce a patch adding support for it 
(iasm.c in the src tree).

Adding new codes shouldn't be terribly difficult, but I've not studied 
that particular part of the code yet.

Later,
Brad