insn

[Ian Lance Taylor]

aparna@cse.iitb.ac.in writes:

>       can group of instructions can combine to form a isns?pls tell what
> exactly  insn means.
> in program, there is a outer for loop where it takes each insn in progm
> and inner for loop, for each definition in the insn. that means there are
> many instruction in a insn.

An insn can be a PARALLEL, which can contain several different
operations executed in parallel.

An insn can be a SEQUENCE, which can contain several different insns
in a branch delay sequence.

These are documented in the friendly manual, q.v.

Ian