will multi-register returns get fixed?

Michael Matz matz@suse.de
Fri Jun 6 20:18:00 GMT 2003


Hi,

On Fri, 6 Jun 2003, David Mosberger wrote:

>                                                 platform
>  compiler:                      x86                     ia64
>  gcc                            atrocious code          atrocious code

What exactly is atrocious with that code:

foo:
        movl    4(%esp), %ecx
        xorl    %edx, %edx
        testl   %ecx, %ecx
        movl    $-13, %eax
        jle     .L1
        movl    %ecx, %eax
        xorl    %edx, %edx
.L1:
        ret

???


Ciao,
Michael.



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