Re: inlining + optimization = nuisance bugs

wclodius@aol.com (Wclodius)
1 Oct 1998 00:58:49 -0400

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From: wclodius@aol.com (Wclodius)
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Date: 1 Oct 1998 00:58:49 -0400
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References: 98-09-155
Keywords: arithmetic, architecture

Toon Moene <toon@moene.indiv.nluug.nl> wrote:


> Of course, the compiler _could_ remedy this by slowing down the
> whole computation such that every floating point intermediate was
> stored in memory (just singling out XNEW is too hard), <snip>


Is it too hard in general, or would it require a significant
restructuring of GCC in particular? I would expect this to be fairly
easy to do, for example, in a compiler that uses single structural
assignment for its intermediate representation.


William B. Clodius


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