Robert Haas [2011-12-19 9:31 -0500]:
> -1. Absent some evidence that gcc's implementations are superior to
> ours, I think we should not change stuff that works now. That's
> likely to lead to subtle bugs that are hard to find and perhaps
> dependent on the exact compiler version used.
>
> But I'm completely cool with doing this for platforms where we haven't
> otherwise got an implementation. Any port in a storm.
The updated patch only uses the gcc builtins if there is no explicit
implementation, but drops the arm one as this doesn't work on ARMv7
and newer, as stated in the original mail.
Thanks,
Martin
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