[PATCH] D124746: Make BinaryStreamWriter::padToAlignment write blocks vs bytes.

[Nico Weber via Phabricator via llvm-commits]

thakis added a subscriber: hans.
thakis added inline comments.


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Comment at: llvm/lib/Support/BinaryStreamWriter.cpp:100
+  const uint64_t ZerosSize = 64;
+  char Zeros[ZerosSize];
+  std::memset(Zeros, 0, ZerosSize);
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thakis wrote:
> nit: If you do
> 
> ```
> constexpr uint64_t ZerosSize = 64;
> constexpr char Zeros[ZerosSize] = {};
> ```
> 
> then I think you don't need the memset call (and it's all constant zeroed data).
@hans reminded me elsewhere that this is only true if you also make the array static, unless you build with `-fmerge-all-constants`: https://godbolt.org/z/fMcKjvfjo

So `static constexpr Zeros[ZerosSize] = {}` :)


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