------- Comment #4 from pinskia at gcc dot gnu dot org 2008-01-22 21:56 ------- (In reply to comment #3) > It is interesting that handle_vector_size_attribute doesn't > call vector_mode_valid_p, but the corresponding mode attribute does.
Because the vector_size attribute should be generic and not dependent on the target support. This is by design, later on in the middle-end, vector types are decomposed if needed; that is if the target does not support that vector mode. -- http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=34911
