[issue36357] Build 32bit Python on Windows with SSE2 instruction set

[Ma Lin]

New submission from Ma Lin <malincns at 163.com>:

On windows, it seems 32bit builds (3.7.2/3.8.0a2) don't using SSE2 sufficiently.

I test on 3.8 branch, python38.dll only uses XMM register 28 times. The official build is the same.
After enable this option, python38.dll uses XMM register 11,704 times.

--- a/PCbuild/pythoncore.vcxproj
+++ b/PCbuild/pythoncore.vcxproj
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@
       <AdditionalIncludeDirectories Condition="$(IncludeExternals)">$(zlibDir);%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>_USRDLL;Py_BUILD_CORE;Py_ENABLE_SHARED;MS_DLL_ID="$(SysWinVer)";%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <PreprocessorDefinitions Condition="$(IncludeExternals)">_Py_HAVE_ZLIB;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
+      <EnableEnhancedInstructionSet Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|Win32'">StreamingSIMDExtensions2</EnableEnhancedInstructionSet>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <AdditionalDependencies>version.lib;shlwapi.lib;ws2_32.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>

x86 instruction set has only a few number of registers.
In my understanding, using XMM registers on 32bit build will brings a small speed up.
I'm not an expert of this kind knowledge, sorry if I'm wrong.

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components: Build, Windows
messages: 338317
nosy: Ma Lin, paul.moore, steve.dower, tim.golden, zach.ware
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: Build 32bit Python on Windows with SSE2 instruction set
versions: Python 3.8

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