On Thu, Nov 30, 2017 at 09:28:44AM -0700, Martin Sebor wrote:
> >The point is that [length = 12] takes up an awful lot of space.  The
> >output of -fverbose-asm alread suffers from information overload.
> 
> Amount of space vs amount of detail are two different concerns.

Yes.

> If you feel that the output is overly detailed then adding even
> more to it won't help.  Other than that, I don't think trading
> readability for space savings makes sense in a format whose main
> purpose is to be readable.  If it's line length that's a concern
> then using spaces instead of tabs would make them look shorter.

Trunk:

===
.L.yk:
        cmpdi 0,4,0      # 8    *movdi_internal2/1      [length = 4]
        beq 0,.L2        # 9    *rs6000.md:12754        [length = 4]
        srdi 9,3,32      # 11   lshrdi3 [length = 4]
        xor 9,9,3        # 12   *boolsi3        [length = 4]
        rldicl 9,9,0,32  # 13   zero_extendsidi2/2      [length = 4]
        cmpd 7,9,3       # 14   *cmpdi_signed   [length = 4]
        beq 7,.L7        # 15   *rs6000.md:12754        [length = 4]
.L5:
        mr 3,4   # 32   *movdi_internal64/3     [length = 4]
        blr      # 53   simple_return   [length = 4]
.L2:
        lwz 9,0(4)       # 28   zero_extendsidi2/1      [length = 4]
        trap     # 29   trap    [length = 4]
.L7:
        addic 4,9,-1     # 47   *adddi3_imm_carry_m1    [length = 4]
        subfe 4,4,9      # 48   *subfdi3_carry_in_internal      [length = 4]
        b .L5    # 58   jump    [length = 4]
===

Patched:
===
.L.yk:
        cmpdi 0,4,0      # 8    [c=4 l=4]  *movdi_internal2/0
        beq 0,.L2        # 9    [c=4 l=4]  *rs6000.md:12774
        srdi 9,3,32      # 11   [c=4 l=4]  lshrdi3
        xor 9,9,3        # 12   [c=4 l=4]  *boolsi3
        rldicl 9,9,0,32  # 13   [c=4 l=4]  zero_extendsidi2/1
        cmpd 7,9,3       # 14   [c=4 l=4]  *cmpdi_signed
        beq 7,.L7        # 15   [c=4 l=4]  *rs6000.md:12774
.L5:
        mr 3,4           # 32   [c=4 l=4]  *movdi_internal64/2
        blr              # 76   [c=4 l=4]  simple_return
.L2:
        lfiwzx 0,0,4     # 28   [c=8 l=4]  zero_extendsidi2/2
        trap             # 29   [c=4 l=4]  trap
.L7:
        addic 4,9,-1     # 70   [c=4 l=4]  *adddi3_imm_carry_m1
        subfe 4,4,9      # 71   [c=4 l=4]  *subfdi3_carry_in_internal
        b .L5            # 81   [c=4 l=4]  jump
===

It is neither line length nor amt of info that makes the second one
way better readable.


Segher

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