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Proposal Raised To Deprecate "-Ofast" For The LLVM/Clang Compiler
Some that crave the absolute best possible performance sometimes build their software with the '-Ofast' optimization level that is a step above '-O3' but comes with the risk of potentially unsafe math
Try it today to view our site ad-free, multi-page articles on a single page, and more while the proceeds allow us to write more Linux hardware reviews. Some that crave the absolute best possible performance sometimes build their software with the "-Ofast" optimization level that is a step above "-O3" but comes with the risk of potentially unsafe math. Due to the non-conformant math potentially occurring and for some users the "-Ofast" option may not be aware of such risks, LLVM developers are considering whether this aggressive optimization level should be deprecated and/or just alias -O3.
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