Author: Avery Tarasov Date: To: Pcre-dev Subject: [pcre-dev] Is compiling 10.35 PCRE2 with -Ofast safe?
I'm looking to optimize PCRE2 10.35 for speed as much as possible on my
GCC 10.2/MingW setup. I know the default PCRE2 flag uses O2, and I have
used Ofast before without issue, but I don't know how safe it really
is. I searched Google and couldn't find and documentation about the
safety/feasibility of alternative optimization levels with PCRE2. Is
Ofast completely safe? If not, what about O3? If either are not safe
what are the specific risks/etc?