regparm
Jeffrey A Law
law@cygnus.com
Wed Aug 26 18:28:00 GMT 1998
In message < 8025666C.00436336.00@hbmdtesmtp1.tex.hsbcmidland.com >you write:
> Now, would it be possible (in the case of register parameter passing only)
> to extend the life of the temporary/pseudo until ALL arguments to the
> called function are completely ready, and then assign into hard registers?
> If such a final assignment could cause problems then I'd expect life would
> be somewhat difficult already.
In theory, yes. But the way the reload pass is structured right now
does not lend itself to implementing this kind of thing in any
reasonable manner.
jeff
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