[avr-gcc-list] Re: AVR byte swap optimization

[Uros Bizjak]

Denis Vlasenko wrote:

> > The following macro expands to some rather frightful code on the AVR:
> >
> > #define BSWAP_16(x) \
> >      ((((x) >> 8) & 0xff) | (((x) & 0xff) << 8))
>
> Sometimes gcc is generating better code if you cast
> values instead of masking. Try:
>
>       ( (uint8_t)((x) >> 8) | ((uint8_t)(x)) << 8 )

gcc > 3.4.x always generates better code for casted values. This is PR
middle-end/29749, and it affects i386 linux too.

Uros.