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Re: [i386] Document a dozen of IA-32 builtins
- From: Uros Bizjak <ubizjak at gmail dot com>
- To: "gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org" <gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org>
- Cc: Eric Botcazou <ebotcazou at adacore dot com>
- Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2017 20:17:56 +0200
- Subject: Re: [i386] Document a dozen of IA-32 builtins
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Hello!
>> it seems that there are many undocumented IA-32 builtins. This patch starts
>> small and documents the builtins corresponding to the basic instrinsics
>> which are declared in ia32intrin.h.
>
> Any comment on this? Should I open a PR with a list of undocumented builtins?
Builtins that are used through ia32intrin.h are considered an
"implementation detail", and not a stable interface that needs to be
documented. Intrinsic headers should be used instead, and users should
be discouraged to use builtins directly.
Uros.