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Re: [PATCH 5/9] Come up with an abstraction.
On Mon, Aug 12, 2019 at 1:19 PM Martin Liška <mliska@suse.cz> wrote:
>
> On 8/8/19 5:55 PM, Michael Matz wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > On Mon, 10 Jun 2019, Martin Liska wrote:
> >
> >> 2019-07-24 Martin Liska <mliska@suse.cz>
> >>
> >> * fold-const.c (operand_equal_p): Rename to ...
> >> (operand_compare::operand_equal_p): ... this.
> >> (add_expr): Rename to ...
> >> (operand_compare::hash_operand): ... this.
> >> (operand_compare::operand_equal_valueize): Likewise.
> >> (operand_compare::hash_operand_valueize): Likewise.
> >> * fold-const.h (operand_equal_p): Set default
> >> value for last argument.
> >> (class operand_compare): New.
> >
> > Hmpf. A class without any data? That doesn't sound like a good design.
>
> Yes, the base class (current operand_equal_p) does not have a data.
> But the ICF derive class has a data and e.g. func_checker::operand_equal_valueize
> will use m_label_bb_map.get (t1). Which are member data of class func_checker.
>
> > You seem to need it only to have the possibility of virtual functions,
> > i.e. fancy callbacks. AFAICS you only have one derived class, i.e. a
> > simple distinction of two cases. What do you think about encoding the
> > additional new (ICF) case in the (existing) 'flags' argument to
> > operand_equal_p (and in case the ICF flag is set simply call the
> > "callback" directly)?
>
> That's possible. I can add two more callbacks to the operand_equal_p function
> (hash_operand_valueize and operand_equal_valueize).
>
> Is Richi also supporting this approach?
I still see no value in the abstraction since you invoke none of the
(virtual) methods from the base class operand_equal_p.
Richard.
> Thanks,
> Martin
>
> > IMHO that would also make the logic within
> > operand_equal_p clearer, because you don't have to think about all the
> > potential callback functions that might be called.
> >
> >
> > Ciao,
> > Michael.
> >
>