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Re: Language-independent functions-as-trees representation
On Sun, Jul 21, 2002 at 04:22:28PM +0200, Andreas Jaeger wrote:
> Pop Sébastian <pop@gauvain.u-strasbg.fr> writes:
> > This would require to store SIMPLE trees comming from different front-ends
> > then reconstruct a global tree.
> > (a little as the SGI's compiler works for interprocedural analysis, storing
> > WHIRL trees into .o files, then building the whole tree at link/optimize time).
>
> It would only make sense with whole program optimizations for
> interprocedural analysis. Currently GCC does not do anything of this
> kind but we should think forward and whole program optimizations is
> something that some of us might want to see.
I was under the impression that this kind of whole-program IPA could only
be done in the linker. Or at least, in whatever tool is performing the
role of the linker.
Phil
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