List of compiler optimizations

From Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium

This is a list of optimizations employed by compilers.

• alias analysis
• algebraic simplification
• constant folding
• copy propagation
• dead code elimination
• function inlining
• function specialization
• inlining
• loop optimization
• loop peeling
• loop unrolling
• peephole optimization
• reduction in strength
• tail call optimization

See Also

• compiler
• intermediate language
• list of code generation topics