Talk:Aliasing (computing)

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This should mention the problem with aliasing WRT performance and compiler optimization. In particular, this function:

foo(int & a, int & b) {
  ...
}

won't be as optimizable as

foo(int & a, int b)

because of aliasing. I know I've seen examples of this, but don't have time to write this up now.

The statement:

 allows impressive increases in performance

is without citation. I can find no reliable data to support such a statement. Words like "impressive" are emotive. "impressive to who??" 202.80.43.31 (talk) 22:07, 11 February 2008 (UTC)