[PATCH][4.3] Deprecate -ftrapv
Paolo Bonzini
bonzini@gnu.org
Sat Mar 1 14:05:00 GMT 2008
>> Well presumably one would want to use target dependent stuff for
>> detecting overflow where it exists (sticky overflow bits on
>> power, O flag on PC, trapping add on MIPS etc).
>
> On the whole I think you'd want to benefit from tree-ssa optimizing
> overflow checks where possible (including optimizing them away with VRP),
> if you hope for a -ftrapv that could be turned on by default for Ada with
> performance impact as small as possible. That would suggest back ends
> matching overflow-check patterns and converting them into such
> instructions.
Yes, fully fully agreed.
Paolo
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