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From: Ian Lance Taylor <iant@google.com>
To: kenner@vlsi1.ultra.nyu.edu (Richard Kenner)
Cc: anemet@caviumnetworks.com, gcc-patches@gcc.gnu.org,
	        richard@codesourcery.com, sandra@codesourcery.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH, MIPS] Fix build after no_new_pseudos
Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2007 17:33:00 -0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <m3d4ys9s7a.fsf@localhost.localdomain> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <10707161721.AA21942@vlsi1.ultra.nyu.edu>

kenner@vlsi1.ultra.nyu.edu (Richard Kenner) writes:

> > I think we should fix combine to permit splitters to create new
> > pseudos.  I don't think it does us any useful service to prohibit
> > them.
> 
> What if the splitter doesn't result in a recognized insn (most don't).
> We could potentially be creating a lot of unneeded pseudos.

I'm not sure I agree.  I suspect that most splitters, when they
succeed, do result in recognized insns.

Conversely, some splitters may require a new pseudo, and yet be quite
useful if they can be run during combine.

In any case, this is something we can measure.

Ian

  reply	other threads:[~2007-07-16 17:26 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-07-15 19:16 Adam Nemet
2007-07-16  9:43 ` Richard Sandiford
2007-07-16 16:50   ` Ian Lance Taylor
2007-07-16 17:26     ` Richard Kenner
2007-07-16 17:33       ` Ian Lance Taylor [this message]
2007-07-16 18:12     ` Adam Nemet
2007-07-24  2:22       ` Sandra Loosemore
2007-07-24 16:41         ` Adam Nemet
2007-07-26  4:20         ` Ian Lance Taylor
2007-07-18 12:08   ` Richard Sandiford

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