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Re: [trunk][patch] Remove unnecessary calls to assemble_external
On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 09:58, Rafael Espindola <espindola@google.com> wrote:
>> The context for this is similar to the other patches I am posting:
>> Something that is needed for LTO but might also be considered a nice
>> cleanup for trunk.
>>
>> In this case, it is just avoids calling assemble_external from the FE.
>> From LTO's perspective it is necessary that all external references be
>> visible in the IL (which makes the FE assembling them redundant). For
>> trunk, this is good just a better separation of FE and BE.
>
> So, is this OK? The tests so far have been:
>
> *) Bootstrap + regression test on linux-x86-64
> *) Build + regression test on darwin-ppc
OK.
Diego.