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On 11/04/11 10:00, Andrew MacLeod wrote:
> On 11/04/2011 11:39 AM, Jeff Law wrote:
>> On 11/03/11 17:49, Andrew MacLeod wrote:
>>> This is the first of 2 parts for the patches to the GCC
>>> directory, it includes the changelog for parts 1 and 2
>>> 
>>> Primarily it is all the stuff required to create builtins. new 
>>> defs, support routines, config changes, etc. It also includes
>>> rth's 386 port to the new builtins.
>>> 
>>> The second part contains the actual built-in code in
>>> builtins.c and optabs.c.
>> The only comment I've got on this patch is wondering why the -f 
>> options are PARAMS.
>> 
>> I thought PARAMS were used more to tune along a range of values
>> -- recursive depth for inlining, # iterations of certain passes,
>> clamp number of items on lists, etc.
>> 
>> Unless I'm missing something the new -f options have a range [01]
>> and could just as easily have been -f<blah>  -fno-<blah>
>> options.
>> 
>> Am I missing something?
> Long drawn out discussion.  It was -f initially, then it was
> requested to be changed to -param, and every once in a while,
> someone asks why it isn't  -f :-)
> 
> http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2011-07/msg02441.html
:-)  Works for me, just seemed a bit odd.

jeff
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