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Re: [rtlopt] Location list data
> > Currently, the location list support on rtlopt branch handles only some
> > things:
> > it tracks variables which are used/set in a function, and function
> > parameters.
> > it remembers only the most recent location of the variable, so when the
> > most recent location gets destroyed (another value stored to register or so)
> > it does not know where the variable is.
>
> In that case should we not even bother emitting a list for global
> variables?
That should be quite easy.
> Having them disappear outside the function is pretty
> unfriendly.