Make spin-waiting a little more power efficient on desktop#202
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| #include <intrin.h> | ||
| #define YIELD() __yield() | ||
| #elif defined(__aarch64__) || (defined(__arm__) && defined(__ARM_ARCH) && (__ARM_ARCH >= 7)) | ||
| #if defined(__GNUC__) && (__GNUC__ < 5) |
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clang appears to have this too, clang does define __GNUC__ but it pretends to be GCC 4.2.1
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Intrinsics are not standard C, so you should put the whole YIELD block behind an |
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Supports x86, ARMv7+, RISC-V GCC/Clang/MSVC, otherwise falls back to a no-op.
Uses the pause/yield instruction to stop busy-looping from using CPU while waiting for the next frame to begin