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Re: bitfields: types vs modes?
- From: Mark Mitchell <mark at codesourcery dot com>
- To: DJ Delorie <dj at redhat dot com>
- Cc: iant at google dot com, gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2009 18:09:21 -0700
- Subject: Re: bitfields: types vs modes?
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DJ Delorie wrote:
>>>> I think the ARM specification is pretty sensible, and would make a
>>>> good cross-platform approach.
> I finally got the last of the feedback I needed from our customers,
> and they agree that the AAPCS functionality is suitable for their
> ports as well.
Great!
> What's the next step?
At the risk of being naive: implement it. I'm not quite sure what
you're looking for here?
I'd assume that we should try to do some of this at the tree->rtl
conversion point, in a platform-independent manner, but I'm not an
expert on those bits.
Thanks,
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Mark Mitchell
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