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Re: [PATCH] rtlopt branch merge part 5 -- loop unswitching
- From: Diego Novillo <dnovillo at redhat dot com>
- To: Zdenek Dvorak <rakdver at atrey dot karlin dot mff dot cuni dot cz>
- Cc: Richard Kenner <kenner at vlsi1 dot ultra dot nyu dot edu>, gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2003 08:50:53 -0500
- Subject: Re: [PATCH] rtlopt branch merge part 5 -- loop unswitching
- Organization: Red Hat Canada
- References: <10301310021.AA29046@vlsi1.ultra.nyu.edu> <20030131074948.GA27925@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz>
On Fri, 31 Jan 2003, Zdenek Dvorak wrote:
> use google? I really find little sense in explaining this; it would be
> other matter if it was something non-trivial, but this is something
> that simply cannot be done in much different way.
>
It doesn't matter. You still should document what the algorithm
does. A high-level overview of the key aspects of the
implementation together with references to published material
should be enough.
> > There are *very few* comments at all in these
> > files and absolutely no overview of what they are doing.
>
> Sorry, but there are generally comments every 5-10 lines and I refuse
> to write more.
>
This is hardly a constructive attitude. No need to get excited.
The request was reasonable.
Diego.