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Re: call_insn's and argument locations
- To: David Edelsohn <dje at watson dot ibm dot com>
- Subject: Re: call_insn's and argument locations
- From: Neil Booth <neil at daikokuya dot demon dot co dot uk>
- Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2001 18:52:28 +0100
- Cc: Chris Lattner <sabre at nondot dot org>, law at redhat dot com, gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
David Edelsohn wrote:-
> The very broad view, as far as I understand it, would move some
> optimizations into the tree phase, then drop down into the mid-level IR
> and SSA optimizations, then introduce more of the machine dependencies of
> the current RTL and the current optimizations which still are relevant.
FWIW, and I'm no expert, I think we should be aiming to do far more
optimisation at the tree level than we currently do. At least, that's
what most compiler books seem to revolve around and recommend :-)
Neil.