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Re: [RFC] noipa attribute (was Re: How to avoid constant propagation into functions?)
* Alexander Monakov:
> 2. Can we gently suggest to readers of documentation that this was
> invented for use in the GCC testsuite, and encourage them to seek
> proper alternatives, e.g.:
>
> This attribute is exposed for the purpose of testing the compiler.
> In general it should be preferable to properly constrain code
> generation using the language facilities: for example, using
> separate compilation or calling through a volatile pointer
> achieves a similar effect in a portable way
Separate compilation has caveats with LTO, and I don't think the claim
is true for volatile function pointers, as I've already explained.