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On Sat, Dec 17, 2016 at 03:03:24PM +0100, Szabolcs Nagy wrote:
> > > ... wouldn't it be better to drop the 4 unused
> > > entries from the table and add -4's to the indices?
>
> > Wouldn't this enlarge the code more than reduce the data?
> 
> most targets have a load instruction with small offset
> and on some targets the compiler emits relocation against
> (tab-4) instead of tab so the code size is not affected.

Oh indeed, I overlooked this link-time evaluation. Thanks.

Rune