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Re: Matching Constraints and Predicate

On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 6:43 PM, Ian Lance Taylor <iant@google.com> wrote:
>
> This also makes no sense. ÂThe operand predicate should test whether the
> value is acceptable. ÂThe constraints should tell the register allocator
> where the value should go. ÂThe paragraph you quoted is saying that the
> operand predicate should restrict the value as much as possible to
> ensure that the constraints will match. ÂThe paragraph is not saying
> that you should test the register class of a register in the operand
> predicate.
>

Thanks for clearing this up.

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PMatos
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