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Re: SH: use register names instead of numbers
- To: rth at redhat dot com
- Subject: Re: SH: use register names instead of numbers
- From: kenner at vlsi1 dot ultra dot nyu dot edu (Richard Kenner)
- Date: Tue, 21 Nov 00 22:28:26 EST
- Cc: gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org
> My concern is about the potiential for, for example, define a constant
> named PLUS, which conflicts with an RTL name. It's just too easy
> to make that sort of mistake.
I don't consider this to be a very likely ocurrence. I'd expect
these constants to be named e.g. STACK_POINTER_REGNUM and such.
Great example STACK_POINTER_REGNUM in fact conflicts with a
tm.h macro of the same name!
I think you made my point for me. ;-)