[Patch, AVR]: QI builtins for parity, popcount, 1<< n

[Joseph S. Myers]

On Thu, 16 Jun 2011, Georg-Johann Lay wrote:

> The recent implementation of some asm function in libgcc added
> __popcountqi2 and __parityqi2. This patch makes these functions
> available as __builtin_avr_popcount8 resp. __builtin_avr_parity8.
> 
> Moreover, just out of a mood, I wrote a builtin for 1<<n.
> 1<<n is sometimes used to set a variable SFR bit. The builtin supplies
> a fast, loop-free implementation.

I hope this whole patch is just intended as an example of how to add 
built-in functions and not as a serious proposal for an addition to GCC, 
since it doesn't make sense to add machine-specific built-in functions for 
things that can so readily be represented in generic GNU C; instead, you 
should make generic GNU C generate the right code (for example, by 
handling __builtin_parity and __builtin_popcount smartly on zero-extended 
values if QImode patterns are available - if it doesn't already do so).

-- 
Joseph S. Myers
joseph@codesourcery.com