inline asm plans

[Walter Bright]

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.

As of a couple years ago, the inline assembler supported all the opcodes. Intel 
and AMD keep adding them, though. Just file a bug report on the missing ones.