PROPOSAL: targetm.expand_tree_builtin hook

[Ziemowit Laski]

It already lives in the apple-ppc-branch, but I thought it might be of 
more general interest.
The hook would be invoked from c-common.c:expand_tree_builtin, and 
would facilitate
target-specific, eager (i.e., the moment you see the function call) 
TREE-to-TREE transformations.
On Darwin, we use it construct so-called "constant CFStrings", and I'm 
about to hook up
__builtin_altivec_compiletime_error to it as well (since using the RTL 
targetm.expand_builtin
hook is too little, too late).

Would there be interest (on behalf of the powers that be) in me 
whipping up such a patch for the mainline?

Thanks,

--Zem
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