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> On Sat, 15 Feb 2003, Wojtek Skulski wrote:
>
> > Yes, of course. I can switch off range checking in BlackBox, too.
> > It is a compile-time option. Did you not know this?
>
> Actually, this is not true. I recall that it used to be true in erlier
> versions of the compiler, but this is not the case anymore under v 1.4.
> Assertions can be switched off, but not the array bounds checks. I am
> surprised. I agree with Andreas that it should be possible to
> compile low-level modules without such checks. Perhaps this should
> go the wish list for version 1.5. How do you think?
>
> I apologise.
>
> Wojtek
I once tried switching off range checking for a much tested
'low-level' module (a Fast Fourier Transform) by declaring
the ARRAYS as untagged (see Platform Specific Issues).
It was easy enough to do, but as the benefit seemed at best
marginal I no longer do it.
Cheers
Robert
ps How do you switch off assertions?
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