Andrew Pinski writes: > > On Jan 5, 2006, at 8:09 AM, Andrew Haley wrote: > > > I've been experimenting with devirtualizing method calls, and > > sometimes a construct like this can pay dividends: > > > Another possibility is to have the inliner convert virtual calls into > > something like the above. Maybe the real solution to all of is is to > > have a representation for virtual calls in the IL, but... > > > > So, what I'm thinking of doing is writing a post-inlining pass that > > rewrites the trees and then tidies up the CFG. Is this the right > > approach? > > Just for the record, there are already two other people implementing > something like already: > http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2005-12/msg00487.html > and > http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2005-10/msg01563.html
OK, thanks. I'll check out the IPA branch and see what's there. Andrew.
