[convFixb]

I wonder if this causes a performance penalty on position independent code, which seems to be used a lot on non-Windows platforms [].

[] It always struck me as one of those propeller-head features that GCC & co. love but which the MS and Intel compilers avoid 'just to be on the safe side' :]

[zbjornson]

He mentions this doesn't work with RIP-relative addressing, but I don't see how it would cause a penalty otherwise.