[tree-ssa]: GIMPLE lowering array references too early?

[Chris Lattner]

On Tue, 29 Jul 2003 law@redhat.com wrote:
> For code of that style the compiler lowers to pointer notation as it's
> generating the tree IL.  It'd be *far* better if it kept the existing
> array notation for this case.   We have the toplevel object (a pointer)
> and an index, rather than generating pointer code we should be generating
> a suitable ARRAY_REF.

I understand, and totally agree.  :)

>  >Given the right people working on the problem, and enough interest, do you
>  >think it's possible to "fix it right" in the places that break downstream?

> More likely the solution is actually generate the correct ARRAY_REF/ARRAY_TYPE
> structures to begin with.  As I said, I'm pretty sure the failures where
> me simply generating the wrong tree nodes.

The problem is that there _is no array_ being reference here.  It seems
like it would be easier to adjust code using ARRAY_REF's to allow either
an ARRAY_TYPE or POINTER_TYPE operand...

-Chris

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