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Re: Simplifying Gimple Generation
Hi,
On Fri, 16 Nov 2012, Diego Novillo wrote:
> > I think consistency should trump brevity here, so also add a tree code for
> > the converter, i.e.
> > ssa_stmt b = q.stmt (NOP_EXPR, shadow_type, a);
>
> Ah, yes. This one was amusing. When we were drafting the proposal,
> Lawrence kept wondering what this NOP_EXPR thing is. I've been
> suffering this name for so long, that it no longer irritates me. Had
> it been named CAST_EXPR, or even NOP_CAST_EXPR, he would have probably
> kept it in the example code :)
We have CONVERT_EXPR, but it currently doesn't do _quite_ the same as
NOP_EXPR. I once wanted to merge them (with CONVERT_EXPR surviving), but
it stalled somewhere, couple years ago.
Ciao,
Michael.