On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 10:06, Xinliang David Li <davi...@google.com> wrote: > On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 10:01 AM, Diego Novillo <dnovi...@google.com> wrote: >> On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 09:51, Xinliang David Li <davi...@google.com> wrote: >>> Any suggestions on the dump position specification string, before and >>> after is not enough. How about >>> >>> start, before, after, and finish? >>> >>> I.e. >>> >>> -fdump-tree-pre-start --> dump IR before TODO_start of PRE pass >>> -fdump-tree-pre-before --> dump IR just before PRE after its TODO start >>> finishes >> >> What would be the difference between these two? The TODO_start >> actions don't affect the IL, in general. > > But by design, it can right?
Hmm, now that I think of it, yes it can. There are some TODOs that may modify the IL. For instance, in PRE we split or critical edges before the pass starts (I think we still do, not sure). Diego.
