Re: dangerous cleverness? ppc int<->float conversions, subreg

[Joern Rennecke <amylaar at onetel dot net dot uk>]

> The right way to do what you want to do is to change register
> allocation when this flag is specified, so that it only allocates a FP
> register as a last resort.

But that would pessimize fp-heavy code.

You still have the problem that fpregs usage might seep out of inlined
functions and never-actually-executed basic block into other basic blocks.

You'd need not only to make sure that REGISTER_MOVE_COST is high when it
involves int<->fp reg moves (it already does for the sparc, because it needs
secondary memory), but also to jack up MEMORY_MOVE_COST so that
mem -> fpreg -> mem moves won't be generated.
And fix all the bugs and imperfect heuristics in the compiler that can cause
it to use fpregs even if the costs say it's not a good choice.

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