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Re: Commit: RL78: Include tree-pass.h

On Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 7:03 AM, Richard Guenther
<richard.guenther@gmail.com> wrote:

> I don't think we really want that (machine dependent passes).  It seems
> we cannot get away with it (so we have mdreorg).  Allowing (some) flexibility
> where to put mdreorg is ok, using two different mechanisms (mdreorg and
> a "plugin") sounds odd and is IMHO bad for consistency.

I think we definitely want machine dependent passes.  E.g., reg-stack
should be one.  The passes should live by normal rules, they shouldn't
be like mdreorg.

I don't really care about the mechanism as long as it exists.

Ian
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