Re: When may an [optimizing] C++ compiler omit object instantiations?
John Lampe wrote:
Quick question:
If I've got a 'RAII'-style class that encapsulates, say, a mutex, and I
want to use it like:
int fooClass::barMethod(int i)
{
mutex_taker _mutex(g_mutex);
return i*2;
}
(Assuming the class 'mutex_taker' takes the mutex in its constructor and
releases it in its destructor).
What's preventing the compiler from optimizing the entire construction of
'_mutex' out? (disassembling a functionally equivalent piece of real code
shows the expected; ctor and dtor of 'mutex_taker' are placed inline).
Is it because it can see that 'g_mutex' is defined outside the local scope?
What if 'g_mutex' was a simple member var of 'fooClass', and wasn't used
anywhere other than inside the 'barMethod' method?
Is there anything in the standard that describes this area?
Not really. Compiler optimizations are up to the compiler creators. In
most cases, however, *especially because of the code like this* such
object will never be optimized away. If it were, you need to complain
to the compiler creators. *Temporary objects* are explicitly allowed to
be optimized away. Automatic objects are not.
V
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