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Re: loop.c bugfix
- To: Richard Kenner <kenner at vlsi1 dot ultra dot nyu dot edu>
- Subject: Re: loop.c bugfix
- From: Bernd Schmidt <bernds at redhat dot co dot uk>
- Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2000 13:42:57 +0100 (BST)
- cc: gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org
On Mon, 23 Oct 2000, Richard Kenner wrote:
> IMHO this patch is a bad idea, and we should change the PA port instead.
> These special cases for one particular port will make gcc much less
> maintainable in the long run.
>
> You misunderstand. This is quite general code to set REGNO_POINTER_FLAG
> and record alignment information for more pseudos. It will help in
> optimization for *any* machine. The only thing unique about the PA port
> here is that it's also needed there to avoid an ICE.
Alright, in that case there's no reason not to do the loop.c patch. There
still remains the fact that the PA port is doing something suspiciously
dodgy.
Bernd