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Re: [lno] [RFC] if-conversion and auto vectorizer
- From: Richard Henderson <rth at redhat dot com>
- To: Robert Dewar <dewar at gnat dot com>
- Cc: alexr at spies dot com, gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2004 10:32:50 -0800
- Subject: Re: [lno] [RFC] if-conversion and auto vectorizer
- References: <20040316122702.393DEF2DC2@nile.gnat.com>
On Tue, Mar 16, 2004 at 07:27:02AM -0500, Robert Dewar wrote:
> I don't understand the argument for C89. Why prevent a useful
> optimization in order to enable incorrect code that just happens
> to work to keep working.
For the same reasons that we preserve a set of rules that are
beyond C89 such that it's possible to write kernels.
r~