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Re: [gomp4, 10/23] Ensure address space gets set on array types
- From: Bernd Schmidt <bernds at codesourcery dot com>
- To: "Joseph S. Myers" <joseph at codesourcery dot com>
- Cc: GCC Patches <gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org>
- Date: Mon, 9 Dec 2013 23:43:37 +0100
- Subject: Re: [gomp4, 10/23] Ensure address space gets set on array types
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On 12/09/2013 11:42 PM, Joseph S. Myers wrote:
> On Mon, 9 Dec 2013, Bernd Schmidt wrote:
>
>> Most of the compiler expects TYPE_ADDR_SPACE to be valid for things like
>> initializing a MEM. The C frontend does not set it for arrays, which
>> seems like an oversight caused by not setting other type qualifiers for
>> array types.
>
> I see nothing in TR 18037 to make address space qualifiers different from
> other qualifiers with regard to the rule that qualifiers apply to element
> types rather than array types.
But is this relevant? We're dealing with the compiler's internal
representation here, and everything assumes that TYPE_ADDRESS_SPACE is
set properly for an object in a different address space.
Bernd