Compiler flags when profiling a build

[Guillaume Piolat]

On Sunday, 25 October 2020 at 14:08:21 UTC, Per Nordlöw wrote:
> What flags do you feed to dmd/ldc when you profile a build?
>
> Do you initially
>


> - compile in debug or release mode?

dub -b release-debug   # optimizations AND debug information

If you want no bounds check you can make a custom build type in 
dub.


> - activate inlining or not?

Inlining on.

> - use dmd or ldc?

LDC


> - use any other alternatives not mentioned above?

The AMD profiler is a very nice alternative to Intel Amplifier.
If you don't provide debug info then the line information will be 
wrong.
Automate your comparisons to improve statistical significance etc.