From: "Frank Ch. Eigler" <fche@redhat.com>
To: Doug Evans <dje@transmeta.com>
Cc: cgen-mail@the-meissners.org, cgen@sources.redhat.com
Subject: Re: Use of DI mode on 32-bit hosts
Date: Mon, 02 Jun 2003 21:32:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20030602213226.GB22856@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <16091.49399.661309.108837@casey.transmeta.com>
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Hi -
dje wrote:
> > Can you explain what these types might be useful for,
> > as distinct from the plain target types of SI/DI/etc.?
>
> Abstraction and simplicity. For "normal" architectures they're not
> distinct and map directly to SI/DI/etc.
I guess I don't see the abstraction and simplicity this
indirection is to provide. Do you have an example?
> INT/UINT are treated separately. They're for host values
> where one doesn't care about target sizes.
In what circumstances do you consider it reasonable for cgen
model files to deal with host data types/sizes?
- FChE
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-06-02 21:32 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-06-02 17:32 Michael Meissner
2003-06-02 17:45 ` Doug Evans
2003-06-02 19:22 ` Michael Meissner
2003-06-02 20:44 ` Doug Evans
2003-06-02 20:50 ` Frank Ch. Eigler
2003-06-02 21:26 ` Doug Evans
2003-06-02 21:32 ` Frank Ch. Eigler [this message]
2003-06-02 22:04 ` Doug Evans
2003-06-03 15:19 ` Frank Ch. Eigler
2003-06-02 21:33 ` Michael Meissner
2003-06-02 22:10 ` Doug Evans
2003-06-02 22:16 ` Doug Evans
2003-06-04 20:27 ` Doug Evans
2003-06-05 11:51 ` Michael Meissner
2003-06-05 13:34 ` Ben Elliston
2003-06-05 15:41 ` Doug Evans
2003-06-05 16:04 ` Doug Evans
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