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Re: [ipa-branch] Devirtualization
> >> This optimization works only for C++ code. To enable it use the option
> >> -fipa-cha. It is assumes that all the application files are compiled
> >> together.
>
> > You probably shouldn't assume this, and instead check -fwhole-program is
> > set to be sure.
> > If it isn't, you should be restricting yourself to only those types that
> > don't escape (which, in C++, is probably not very many). The ipa type
> > escape info can give you that information very easily.
>
> You are right. As the ipa type escape analysis is on SSA representation
> and this optimization is at gimple level (before the inlining), I would
> wait until the interprocedural framework moves from gimple to SSA
> representation.
On IPA branch the IPA passes are already working on SSA representation.
Honza
>
> Mircea