Regression due to tree loop opt / expand weirdness
Richard Kenner
kenner@vlsi1.ultra.nyu.edu
Wed Oct 6 13:12:00 GMT 2004
> I can't imagine except that would break things when you *do*
> want to use "typedef void *ptr32 __attribute__((mode(SI)));".
What do you think would break? I assume you're talking about
s390x, not ia64 (as on ia64 there wouldn't be any difference).
On ia64/VMS, the default pointer size is 64 bits. But you have to
pass 32-bit addresses to some system calls. Hence the need to support
the above typedef.
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