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Re: [patch] Fix pr23046
- From: Richard Henderson <rth at redhat dot com>
- To: Richard Kenner <kenner at vlsi1 dot ultra dot nyu dot edu>
- Cc: gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2005 13:40:57 -0700
- Subject: Re: [patch] Fix pr23046
- References: <10509192018.AA13307@vlsi1.ultra.nyu.edu>
On Mon, Sep 19, 2005 at 04:18:06PM -0400, Richard Kenner wrote:
> If the subtype has TYPE_PRECISION of 8, it begs the question of why have
> TYPE_PRECISION *at all* if it's always equal to GET_MODE_BITSIZE (TYPE_MODE)).
But it isn't. We set it to 3 for bit fields, where we *require*
exactly those semantics. You don't require them for subtypes,
as far as I can tell.
r~