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Re: [PATCH] noclobber & noescape annotations for function arguments

From: Manuel López-Ibáñez <lopezibanez at gmail dot com>
To: Chris Lattner <clattner at apple dot com>
Cc: Richard Guenther <rguenther at suse dot de>, gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org
Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2010 10:07:25 +0200
Subject: Re: [PATCH] noclobber & noescape annotations for function arguments
References: <alpine.LNX.2.00.1004151658550.5522@zhemvz.fhfr.qr> <3C0C070B-1F8D-4EBD-A588-29224DF077E0@apple.com>

On 16 April 2010 01:11, Chris Lattner <clattner@apple.com> wrote:
>
> Why not go a simple and more obvious route of attaching the attributes to the arguments? ?For example, something like:
>
> void foo(int __attribute__((const)) *x)
>
> could designate that the function only reads from X or something?

Agreed.

Manuel.

References:
- [PATCH] noclobber & noescape annotations for function arguments
  - From: Richard Guenther
- Re: [PATCH] noclobber & noescape annotations for function arguments
  - From: Chris Lattner

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