Hello Richard,
I forgot to answer one of questions. Please see it below:
Thanks,
Balaji V. Iyer.
>+static tree
>+handle_vector_attribute (tree *node, tree name ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
>+ tree args ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
>+ int ARG_UNUSED (flags), bool *no_add_attrs) {
>+ tree opt_list;
>+ VEC(tree,gc) *opt_vec = NULL;
>+ opt_vec = make_tree_vector ();
>+ VEC_safe_push (tree, gc, opt_vec, build_string (2, "O3"));
>+ opt_list = build_tree_list_vec (opt_vec);
>+ release_tree_vector (opt_vec);
>+ handle_optimize_attribute (node, get_identifier ("optimize"), opt_list,
>+ flags, no_add_attrs);
>
>Please no - do not use "optimize" attributes from inside the implementation.
>What happens if the user also specifies an optimize attribute?
>The above also doesnt' make sense to me, so please elaborate on why you want
>to enable -O3 for a function marked with the vector attribute.
The reason why I used optimize is because I would like to turn on the
vectorizer. As far as I can tell, the only way to do that is to have -O3.
Please advise if there is a better way to do so.
