[H-GEN] optimization

[Greg Black]

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"irwa82 at froggy.com.au" wrote:

| I would like to compile with as much optimization as possible

Be careful with this -- wholesale use of high optimisation
levels can bite you in the foot, as all optimisers have the
ability to introduce bugs (especially as they try to get more
aggressive).

Remember, the first rule of optimisation: don't do it.

Greg

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