This requirement is enforced by a gcc_checking_assert in
record_estimate.
gcc/ChangeLog:
* tree-ssa-loop.h (tree_niter_desc): Update comment.
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diff --git a/gcc/tree-ssa-loop.h b/gcc/tree-ssa-loop.h
index
6c70f795d171f22b3ed75873fec4920fea75255b..c24215be8822c31a05eaedcf4d3a26db0feab6cf
100644
--- a/gcc/tree-ssa-loop.h
+++ b/gcc/tree-ssa-loop.h
@@ -52,7 +52,8 @@ public:
may_be_zero == false), more precisely the number
of executions of the latch of the loop. */
widest_int max; /* The upper bound on the number of iterations of
- the loop. */
+ the loop. If niter is constant, then these values
+ must agree. */
/* The simplified shape of the exit condition. This information is used by
loop unrolling. If CMP is ERROR_MARK, then the loop cannot be unrolled.