https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=110751
--- Comment #34 from Richard Biener <rguenth at gcc dot gnu.org> --- The ELSE value of type TYPE would be constructed like tree var = create_tmp_var (type); tree else_val = get_or_create_ssa_default_def (cfun, var); I'm not sure const0_rtx is a good representation on RTL - how would you distinguish that from a conditional operation on an integer vector with else value zero? Say for an integer division? for (i) if (f[i]) y[i] = x[i] / z[i]; else y[i] = 0; we don't have a separate "else" value for elements cut off via 'len' vs. elements cut off via 'mask'. On RTL there are "special" RTXen used for this kind of stuff, like (use:mode ..) or (clobber const0_rtx), but I'm the wrong person to ask which one would be most appropriate for a general operand in an otherwise generic instruction. Maybe Richard has a guess.