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Re: [tree-ssa] Avoid nondeterminism in tree-ssanames


On Mon, 2003-12-01 at 16:26, Andrew MacLeod wrote:

> I dont particularly like re-using SSA_NAMEs versions. Expecially in
> large programs Im debugging, I tend to grep for VAR_v in a.c.* listing
> files to see where uses appear and dissappear. I guess its not a huge
> thing to filter out, but I can see it being very confusing sometimes,
> especially if the new use is at all similar to what the old use was.
> 
Agreed.  It also makes it hard to debug when you want to setup a
conditional breakpoint based on the SSA number.

Unless it's a huge win, I would *really* want to go back to the previous
scheme of having unique SSA numbers across the whole compilation unit.


Diego.


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