On Thu, Jul 11, 2019 at 7:43 PM Martin Sebor <mse...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Attached is a patch that adds a new parameter to limit the number > of SSA_NAME assignments for GCC to follow in iterative or recursive > algorithms. Purely as a proof of concept the patch introduces > the parameter into -Warray-bounds where the warning follows > POINTER_PLUS (and ASSERT_EXPR) assignments to get at the DECL > the final pointer points to. > > With this "infrastructure" in place the parameter can start to be > introduced wherever else it might be necessary. I don't know of > any pathological cases where it actually is necessary (i.e., one > the 512 default keeps from going off the rails) so the test I have > put together for it is artificial. A better test case involving > one of the known recursive algorithms would be helpful.
The docs talk about diagnostics so I wonder if the param name should include that as well, otherwise OK. Thanks, Richard. > Martin >
