Re: Excessive use of `eassert`

[Stefan Monnier]

>> Same here.  I can't vouch for 3.5 specifically, but 3-4 sounds about
>> right for me as well.  Tho I'll also note that (many) years ago
>> the slowdown was lower, more in the 2x ballpark.
> It's possible that GCC optimizes better nowadays.  Also, back then we
> had macros, not inline functions that sometimes aren't inlined.

IIRC that ~2x factor was back when we used macros rather than inline
static functions in .h files, indeed.  The code has changed
significantly since.


        Stefan