X-Git-Url: https://git.sesse.net/?p=stockfish;a=blobdiff_plain;f=src%2Fbitboard.cpp;h=89065c49fe81eb11d0328e08b121cb0018c23f77;hp=5dd0137da39d225d34b4a41bb48279851fa29644;hb=ff211469bafcdc36c8964ae0a4b87ae277cef51a;hpb=9ae2b6923504064da184d08b888fffb328818543

diff --git a/src/bitboard.cpp b/src/bitboard.cpp
index 5dd0137d..89065c49 100644
--- a/src/bitboard.cpp
+++ b/src/bitboard.cpp
@@ -21,6 +21,16 @@
 //// Includes
 ////
 
+#ifdef _MSC_VER
+    #include <intrin.h>
+    #ifdef _WIN64
+        #pragma intrinsic(_BitScanForward64)
+    #else
+        #pragma intrinsic(_BitScanForward)
+    #endif
+    #define USING_INTRINSICS
+#endif
+
 #include <iostream>
 
 #include "bitboard.h"
@@ -274,7 +284,7 @@ namespace {
 #if defined(USE_COMPACT_ROOK_ATTACKS)
   void init_file_and_rank_attacks();
 #endif
-};
+}
 
 
 ////
@@ -341,19 +351,36 @@ Square first_1(Bitboard b) {
 
 #if defined(USE_32BIT_ATTACKS)
 
+// Use type-punning
+union b_union {
+
+    Bitboard b;
+    struct {
+        uint32_t l;
+        uint32_t h;
+    };
+};
+
+// WARNING: Needs -fno-strict-aliasing compiler option
 Square pop_1st_bit(Bitboard *bb) {
 
-  uint32_t  t = uint32_t(*bb);
-  uint32_t* p = t ? (uint32_t*)bb : (uint32_t*)bb + 1; // Little endian only?
-  uint32_t  b = t ? t : *p;
+  b_union u;
+  uint32_t b;
 
-  *p = b & (b -1);
+  u.b = *bb;
 
-  if (t)
-     b ^= (b - 1);
+  if (u.l)
+  {
+      b = u.l;
+      *((uint32_t*)bb) = b & (b - 1);
+      b ^= (b - 1);
+  }
   else
-     b = ~(b ^ (b - 1));
-
+  {
+      b = u.h;
+      *((uint32_t*)bb+1) = b & (b - 1); // Little endian only?
+      b = ~(b ^ (b - 1));
+  }
   return Square(BitTable[(b * 0x783a9b23) >> 26]);
 }