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Re: [GSoC] Elimination of CLooG library installation dependency


On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 10:07 AM, Roman Gareev <gareevroman@gmail.com> wrote:
> If Iâm not mistaken all tree nodes, which have pointer type, can be
> divided into two groups:  the type is a  is a pointer to data member
> (TYPE_PTRMEM_P is true for it),  the type is a pointer type, and the
> pointee is not a data member (TYPE_PTR_P is true for it).

Both are C++ frontend concepts and not relevant for the middle-end
and thus GRAPHITE.

 I think that
> weâre interested in disabling of the second group handling. It can
> also be divided into two  groups:  the type is a pointer to function
> type (TYPE_PTRFN_P is true for it), the type is a pointer to object
> type (TYPE_PTROB_P is true for it). In my opinion, the second one is
> worth to be considered. It contains, for example, nop_expr (these
> nodes are used to represent conversions that do not require any
> code-generation) integer_cst (these nodes represent integer
> constants), ssa_name. I havenât found all types, which are contained
> in it. However, I think that we could disable other types, if it is
> necessary in the future.
>
>> What we should do later is to build a run-time check that ensures
>> no pointer overflow is happening and then just create code without it.

I think you can assume that pointers don't overflow.

Richard.

> I think that it is better to do this when the pointer handling is completed.
>
> Iâve attached a Change_Log, which corresponds to the previous patch.
> Are they fine for trunk? Could we give a headsup on the GCC mailing
> list and ask other people to try the new isl support in case this
> patch is committed?
>
> --
>                                     Cheers, Roman Gareev.


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