On Tue, May 03, 2011 at 07:06:58PM +0000, Joseph S. Myers wrote: > In my view we should require front ends to take responsibility for > variable-size types, and get rid of this language-independent function > (copying such parts as are needed into the front ends that need them). C > for example uses its own version as the language-independent one isn't > right for C. Similarly, the pending_size code should be local to front > ends.
The raft of changes/improvements enabled by this change would be most welcome. *_SIZE becoming double_ints or HOST_WIDE_INT instead of trees is the first thing that comes to mind; perhaps there are others. -Nathan
