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Re: Testing machine descriptions
- From: Niranjan Hasabnis <nirhasabnis at gmail dot com>
- To: DJ Delorie <dj at redhat dot com>
- Cc: "gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org" <gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org>
- Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2014 21:54:45 -0400
- Subject: Re: Testing machine descriptions
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Hi DJ Delorie,
Thank you for your answers. It is very much the information that
I was looking for.
On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 7:57 PM, DJ Delorie <dj@redhat.com> wrote:
>
> The main testsuite doesn't have tests specifically to cover all the md
> entries. What I meant was, I suspect it covers enough plain C test
> cases to happen to use all the usual md entries.
>
> Since each target has different md entries (both "which are used" and
> "how each is used"), it would be nearly impossible to write an md
> testsuite. If you have target-specific patterns you want to test,
> you'd have to add a target-specific testsuite for them.
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Regards,
Niranjan Hasabnis.