Different multiply operator for pointers and integers

[Dave Korn]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richard Henderson [mailto:rth@redhat.com] 
> Sent: 16 December 2004 19:00

> On Thu, Dec 16, 2004 at 06:29:22PM -0000, Dave Korn wrote:
> >   Sorry, I don't quite get the wording here; I can't tell 
> exactly what is the
> > referent of "that" in the above sentence.  I'm not sure if you mean
> > 
> > 1) If it is true that registers that hold pointers can only be used
> > for pointers and not integers, there's absolutely....
> 
> This one.

  Well, but that is not the case.  The pointer registers can also hold integers.
It is the case that some registers can only hold integers and not pointers.

> >   Hmm, but wouldn't the potential workaround of defining 
> Pmode to some mode
> > (other than SImode) that is not used by the machine ...
> 
> No.  The problems start in the front end.

  Yow.  That's tricky.


    cheers, 
      DaveK
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