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Re: various fixes and addition of static promotion code for tree profiling branch.
- From: Kenneth Zadeck <zadeck at naturalbridge dot com>
- To: Geoffrey Keating <geoffk at geoffk dot org>
- Cc: gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Tue, 08 Feb 2005 20:23:07 -0500
- Subject: Re: various fixes and addition of static promotion code for tree profiling branch.
- References: <4206BD1F.5030101@naturalbridge.com> <m2vf942519.fsf@greed.local>
Geoffrey Keating wrote:
Kenneth Zadeck <zadeck@naturalbridge.com> writes:
This has passes all of the testsuites on i686-linux.
What is it for?
The main purpose of this code is to promote static variables into
registers in those places where it is deamed safe. This allows those
values to be subjected to the various optimizations that up until this
point could only be applied to local variables.
kenny