[Bug middle-end/55152] MAX_EXPR(a,-a) is really ABS_EXPR(a)

[glisse at gcc dot gnu.org]

http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=55152



--- Comment #2 from Marc Glisse <glisse at gcc dot gnu.org> 2012-10-31 21:14:12 
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Ignoring signed zeros, sure, that's also required to generate a MAX_EXPR in the

first place. NaNs, I don't know, it sounds to me like they have an effect on

generating a MAX_EXPR, but turning the MAX into an ABS should be safe.



(sometimes I wish for a __builtin_max, and -fno-nans)