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Re: Dumb register allocation (PPC)

> cc: gcc@gcc.gnu.org
> Date: Wed, 15 May 2002 14:47:27 -0400
> From: David Edelsohn <dje@watson.ibm.com>
> 
> >>>>> Geoff Keating writes:
> 
> Geoff> Either the change is correct or it is not.  If it is correct, it works
> Geoff> for all targets.  If it is not, it'll probably break something on most
> Geoff> targets, and we don't want it.
> 
> 	So we're essentially in the same position as the store-motion
> discussion: we believe that enabling the functionality may cause failures,
> but we do not have a testcase showing a failure.

In both cases, the solution is the same; the author of the patch needs
to explain why the patch is correct.

-- 
- Geoffrey Keating <geoffk@geoffk.org> <geoffk@redhat.com>
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