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Re: Commit: RL78: Include tree-pass.h
On Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 5:29 PM, Richard Henderson <rth@redhat.com> wrote:
> On 08/08/2012 07:19 AM, Ian Lance Taylor wrote:
>>> > I was suggesting to for example register a 2nd mdreorg-like pass and
>>> > add a 2nd target hook. regstack should get the same treatment.
>> If the mechanism is a proliferation of mdreorg passes in every place
>> we want a target-specific pass, that is fine with me.
>
> I think it makes much more sense to edit the pass ordering from
> the backend, rather than hooks upon hooks upon hooks.
>
> Since the plugin interface exists, we might as well use it.
The issue is that using the plugin interface makes breakage only detectable
when you are able to test a target, not by merely building it. That's bad
(of course only for those weirdo targets). We should _at least_ provide
an interface to internals that for example use the address of the pass
structure for pass placement instead of just the dump file name.
Richard.
>
> r~