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Re: avr port: shifts optimization

To: Denis Chertykov <denisc at overta dot ru>
Subject: Re: avr port: shifts optimization
From: Gerald Pfeifer <pfeifer at dbai dot tuwien dot ac dot at>
Date: Fri, 5 May 2000 22:45:27 +0200 (CEST)
cc: gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org

On Fri, 5 May 2000, Denis Chertykov wrote:
>  Fri May  5 07:43:50 2000  Denis Chertykov  <denisc@overta.ru>
> 
> 	* config/avr/avr.c (out_shift_with_cnt): Genetare a more optimal
> 	shift cycle for unknown shift count. Also generates dec + brpl.

This is nitpicking, of course, but "more optimal" is not possible. :-)

"optimal" is Latin and means "best" (i.e., it is already superlativ),
so "more optimal" would mean "better than best".

I suggest to use "Generate a better shift cycle..." in the ChangeLog.

Gerald
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Gerald "Jerry" pfeifer@dbai.tuwien.ac.at http://www.dbai.tuwien.ac.at/~pfeifer/

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