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Re: ABI and complex integral types

From: Eric Botcazou <ebotcazou at libertysurf dot fr>
To: Gabriel Dos Reis <gdr at integrable-solutions dot net>
Cc: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2003 13:31:21 +0200
Subject: Re: ABI and complex integral types
References: <200306201420.57655.ebotcazou@libertysurf.fr> <m3he6kfw0j.fsf@uniton.integrable-solutions.net>

> I don't know the answer, but I think we should pass them in registers
> (two consecutive such if possible).

Definitely. The SPARC 64-bit ABI requires the structures up to 16 bytes in 
size to be passed in consecutive registers so, by using the structure-like 
convention for complex integral types, we'll fulfil that requirement for any 
underlying integral type from 'char' to 'long long'.

-- 
Eric Botcazou

References:
- ABI and complex integral types
  - From: Eric Botcazou
- Re: ABI and complex integral types
  - From: Gabriel Dos Reis

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