[llvm-commits] [PATCH] Compress Repeated Byte Output

[David A. Greene]

Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg at britannica.bec.de> writes:

> On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 03:43:59PM -0500, David Greene wrote:
>> 
>> Emit a repeated sequence of bytes using .zero.  This saves an enormous
>> amount of asm file space for certain programs.
>
> Is that only using .zero or actually using .fill as needed?

It'll use whatever the target has implemented for EmitFill.  With gas it
uses .zero.

                              -Dave