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Re: [ping 6] [patch] attribute to reverse bitfield allocations (is anyone even reading these?)
- From: DJ Delorie <dj at redhat dot com>
- To: Richard Guenther <richard dot guenther at gmail dot com>
- Cc: gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2012 15:04:31 -0400
- Subject: Re: [ping 6] [patch] attribute to reverse bitfield allocations (is anyone even reading these?)
- References: <201103092245.p29MjZQ5018956@greed.delorie.com> <201107112052.p6BKqICk017576@greed.delorie.com> <201107212223.p6LMNE07001515@greed.delorie.com> <201108221736.p7MHaeqN025057@greed.delorie.com> <201201110556.q0B5uBV9028046@greed.delorie.com> <201201241939.q0OJdvHw005708@greed.delorie.com> <201202131943.q1DJh6ZK011131@greed.delorie.com> <201204021941.q32Jfwsq015053@greed.delorie.com> <CAFiYyc3ZhkqGKaMB9KQLN_5mjyazU=VDscQsApyqzJppDgNzzQ@mail.gmail.com>
> If it's required for ABI compatibility why is this an attribute and not
> a target hook?
The ABI uses a #pragma; after this is in I'll do a target-specific
pragma handler to set the attribute. Plus, when I originally proposed
the idea, I was told it was generic so make it an attribute ;-)