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Re: Clarify longcall attribute

From: Mark Mitchell <mark at codesourcery dot com>
To: David Edelsohn <dje at watson dot ibm dot com>
Cc: Nathan Sidwell <nathan at codesourcery dot com>, gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org
Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2006 16:02:35 -0700
Subject: Re: Clarify longcall attribute
References: <44BBC8B9.90004@codesourcery.com> <200607181708.k6IH8n831286@makai.watson.ibm.com>

David Edelsohn wrote:
> 	* doc/invoke.texi (RS/600 and PowerPC Options): Document that
> 	-mlongcall does not guarantee all calls will be long.
> 	* doc/extend.texi (long_call/short_call): Document that longcall
> 	does not guarantee a long call will be used.
> 	(longcall/shortcall): Likewise.
> 
> The RS/6000 invoke.texi part of the patch is fine with me.  Please correct
> the ChangeLog from RS/600 to RS/6000.

Nathan, this change is OK for the other architectures as well.  I think
you've worded it sufficiently carefully; in the generic documentation,
you're now saying that the compiler will be smart enough to use short
calls when it can, but you're giving it the option.

-- 
Mark Mitchell
CodeSourcery
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References:
- Clarify longcall attribute
  - From: Nathan Sidwell
- Re: Clarify longcall attribute
  - From: David Edelsohn

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