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Re: [PATCH] Remove superfluous variable in expand_end_case

To: law at redhat dot com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Remove superfluous variable in expand_end_case
From: Neil Booth <neil at daikokuya dot demon dot co dot uk>
Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2001 21:29:35 +0100
Cc: Roger Sayle <roger at eyesopen dot com>, gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org
References: <Pine.LNX.4.33.0110240918100.24696-100000@www.eyesopen.com> <3369.1003953014@localhost.localdomain>

law@redhat.com wrote:-

> While minval is never modified or passed by reference, minval itself is
> a pointer and minval is passed to other routines.
> 
> You need to verify those other routines do not modify the contents of the
> memory pointed to by minval, otherwise your change is not necessarily
> correct.

I don't think that's relevant.  All that matters is that minval and
orig_minval are the same pointer all the way through, no?

Neil.

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