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Re: question regarding regrename and failure of 950704-1.c on main
On Fri, May 10, 2002 at 02:52:28PM -0400, John David Anglin wrote:
> The drawback to this approach is that fewer choices are available.
> How hard would it be to handle arbitrary overlaps and do you think
> there would be a benefit in doing it?
The long-term proper way to handle overlaps is to split
the instructions so that you needn't worry about them.
As-is, making the argument and return registers "natural"
is certainly best.
r~