Clarification request for ipa/cgraph code

Mike Stump mrs@apple.com
Wed May 9 21:49:00 GMT 2007


On May 9, 2007, at 2:33 PM, Steven Bosscher wrote:
> On 5/9/07, Mike Stump <mrs@apple.com> wrote:
>> In ipa-type-escape.c we have:
>>
>>  /* Return either TYPE if this is first time TYPE has been seen an
>>     compatible TYPE that has already been processed.  */
>>
>> I'd fix it, if I knew I knew what it meant.  either, an and that are
>> the things that are confusing to me.
>
> Your message is itself also a bit confusing.

You find the sentence well written and understandable?  That utterance  
isn't part of the standard language gcc is written in.  Maybe a short  
video will help you understand at least one aspect that is wrong:

   http://tinyurl.com/2zgrch

:-)  Another thing that appears wrong is:

   compatible TYPE

it should be:

   compatible type

as near as I can tell.

    a type compatible with TYPE

might be yet another way to express it.



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