Re: Definition of basic blocks

Thomas Schilling <tjs_ng@yahoo.de>
12 Nov 2005 16:38:32 -0500

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From: Thomas Schilling <tjs_ng@yahoo.de>
Newsgroups: comp.compilers
Date: 12 Nov 2005 16:38:32 -0500
Organization: Compilers Central
References: 05-11-053
Keywords: analysis
Posted-Date: 12 Nov 2005 16:38:32 EST

Christian Christmann wrote:
> Are both version correct?


I'd say so - some reasons:


If you want to define as "a sequence of instructions whose order is
independent of the data" then you need not split at call places, because
you can easily "emulate" this by letting defs(call-instr) =
caller-save-regs. This would mean fewer blocks and thus potentially
faster analyses.


OTOH, if you want more sophisticated analyses, e.g. inter-procedure
register allocation, you probably do better making it an extra block,
especially in presence of indirect (i.e. data-dependent) calls.


Just some random thoughts ... Haven't done the latter, so far.


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