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Re: [rfc] new tree-codes/optabs for vectorization of non-unit-stride accesses
On Thursday 17 November 2005 16:55, Steven Bosscher wrote:
> On Thursday 17 November 2005 16:51, Dorit Naishlos wrote:
> > only thing I can suggest in the context of the vectorizer is to use an
> > extra argument to save a few tree-codes:
>
> I don't think that this is a good idea. If we are going to need
> more tree codes, we're just going to have to figure out a way to
> make it possible to have more tree codes, e.g. by cleaning up 8
> of the 24 bits reserved for various flags, and make the field for
> the tree code 16 bits.
BTW the gomp-branch adds 22 (!) new tree codes, just like that,
for all languages. This is IMHO very unfair to other projects
in need of extra tree codes.
Gr.
Steven