cmd/compile: eliminate some array equality alg loops
type T [3]string
Prior to this change, we generated this equality alg for T:
func eqT(p, q *T) (r bool) {
for i := range *p {
if len(p[i]) == len(q[i]) {
} else {
return
}
}
for j := range *p {
if runtime.memeq(p[j].ptr, q[j].ptr, len(p[j])) {
} else {
return
}
}
return true
}
That first loop can be profitably eliminated;
it's cheaper to spell out 3 length equality checks.
We now generate:
func eqT(p, q *T) (r bool) {
if len(p[0]) == len(q[0]) &&
len(p[1]) == len(q[1]) &&
len(p[2]) == len(q[2]) {
} else {
return
}
for i := 0; i < len(p); i++ {
if runtime.memeq(p[j].ptr, q[j].ptr, len(p[j])) {
} else {
return
}
}
return true
}
We now also eliminate loops for small float arrays as well,
and for any array of size 1.
These cutoffs were selected to minimize code size on amd64
at this moment, for lack of a more compelling methodology.
Any smallish number would do.
The switch from range loops to plain for loops allowed me
to use a temp instead of a named var, which eliminated
a pointless argument to checkAll.
The code to construct them is also a bit clearer, in my opinion.