On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 7:39 PM, Vladimir Makarov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Meanwhile I am going to submit your second patch with an added > comment. The patch permits gcc to generate the same quality code as > before your first patch.
Why? As Richard said before: "... it changes the heuristics _without any explanation of why this is necessary_. IMO, that's unacceptable for our shiny, new (and generally very nice) register allocator. And I think it's unacceptable even if it happens to fix a performance regression." The patch does not seem to have any justification other than it fixes the symptom. David
