The only reason we need to XOR arguments for AF is to get bit 4 correct. But if
the operand in question is known to have bit 4 clear, the XOR will be an
effective no-op and can be skipped. This saves an instruction in a bunch of
common cases, like inc/dec. If we dedicated a register to AF to eliminate the
store, we would not save an instruction from this but would still come out ahead
due to an eor turning into a (zero cycle?) mov that can be handled by the
renamer.
Signed-off-by: Alyssa Rosenzweig <alyssa@rosenzweig.io>
Alyssa Rosenzweig
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