[PATCH][RFC] Introduce type safety and debuggability into tree.h

[Mark Mitchell]

Simon Baldwin wrote:
> This patch replaces some of the function-like macros in gcc/tree.h with
> static inlined function equivalents.

I like this idea.

Just to double-check performance: you've compared performance of a
bootstrapped --disable-checking compiler with this change, right?  What
about size of the compiler?

I do have one request about this patch: make it easier for yourself by
not changing the case of the macros.  That will avoid the mass changes
through all the other files, and will make life a lot easier for people
who backport or merge patches often.  (Yes, that's self-interested, but
I don't think it's just CodeSourcery that does that.)  Sure, the coding
standards may say that ALL_CAPS is for macros, but I just don't see the
value in this kind of mass change.

This isn't an approval, because I want you to confirm the performance
questions above, and because I want to give other people a chance to
object.  But, I will approve this strategy assuming that others don't
complain.

Thanks,

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