[9] RFR(S): 8075136: Unnecessary sign extension for byte array access

[Andrew Haley]

On 03/18/2015 11:45 AM, Andrew Dinn wrote:
> On 18/03/15 11:38, Andrew Haley wrote:
> 
>>> I still wonder if it would pay off to remove the sign extension
>>> completely (as we do on x86)?
> 
> I don't know if this actually matters. I don't have any evidence to
> suggest that sxtw is going to cost any more than uxtw. Perhaps andrew
> Haley can comment on this?

It doesn't.

Andrew.