[PATCH] Introduce abi_word_mode
Richard Kenner
kenner@vlsi1.ultra.nyu.edu
Mon Oct 9 22:22:00 GMT 2006
> I think it's only superficially valuable. I think that when you
> really try to write code that uses it, you find that it is actually
> not very helpful. The type of exact width BITS_PER_WORD has very
> little meaning or use.
The case that comes to mind is writing an array that represents a register
save area. In that case, word_mode is precisely what you want.
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