[patch] Re: GCC 2.95 Solaris7 i86pc compilation fail with -g generates internal compiler error

[Richard Henderson]

On Tue, Aug 10, 1999 at 09:55:07AM -0700, Mark Mitchell wrote:
>   -	    tree itype = make_node (INTEGER_TYPE);
>   -	    TYPE_MIN_VALUE (itype) = size_zero_node;
>   -	    TYPE_MAX_VALUE (itype) = build_min (MINUS_EXPR, sizetype, max,
>   -						integer_one_node);
>   -	    return itype;
>   +	    return build_index_type (build_min
>   +	      (MINUS_EXPR, sizetype, max, integer_one_node));
> 
> I don't think this is correct.  For one thing, build_index_type
> attempts to perform conversions on MAX; as noted in the comment it may
> be template dependent.  What is MAX in the case you're interested in?

Huh?  How could this not be correct? 

Calling build_index_type has the sole effect of filling in all the
ancilliary type info (TYPE_PRECISION, TYPE_MODE, etc) that wasn't
being done here.  The dwarf code needed TYPE_PRECISION filled in.

MAX is unchange from `before' to `after'.


r~