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Re: PR 61084: Use widest_int in sparc_fold_builtin
- From: Mike Stump <mikestump at comcast dot net>
- To: Richard Sandiford <rdsandiford at googlemail dot com>
- Cc: Eric Botcazou <ebotcazou at adacore dot com>, GCC Patches <gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org>
- Date: Mon, 19 May 2014 09:41:38 -0700
- Subject: Re: PR 61084: Use widest_int in sparc_fold_builtin
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On May 19, 2014, at 12:27 AM, Richard Sandiford <rdsandiford@googlemail.com> wrote:
> Does anyone have any suggestions for a better name than "wide_int" though?
Please, no.
> The main property of wide_int is that it has a variable precision, whereas
> widest_int and offset_int have constant precisions.
Right, I'd clarify that all wide_ints have a fixed precision over their lifetime; but during the creation of each, the precision for that object can be set arbitrarily (within a certain range).