Re: [RFC] Remove -frtl-abstract-sequences in 4.5

2008-11-26 Thread Arnaud Charlet
> For critical things I did just what -frtl-abstract-sequences did (along > with some hand optimizing) and I've seen performance improvements of 50% > and more just by getting my working set of code to fit into the cache-size. > > Once the feature is removed: Will there ever be any chance that t

Re: [RFC] Remove -frtl-abstract-sequences in 4.5

2008-11-25 Thread Nils Pipenbrinck
Diego Novillo wrote: On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 12:23, Mark Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: David Edelsohn wrote: It currently is broken on many platforms. Why not remove it now? What is the purpose of keeping a pass that does not work correctly and developers cannot use? As

Re: [RFC] Remove -frtl-abstract-sequences in 4.5

2008-11-24 Thread Diego Novillo
On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 12:23, Mark Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > David Edelsohn wrote: >> >> It currently is broken on many platforms. Why not remove it now? What is >> the purpose of keeping a pass that does not work correctly and developers >> cannot use? > > I agree with David. Works

Re: [RFC] Remove -frtl-abstract-sequences in 4.5

2008-11-24 Thread Mark Mitchell
David Edelsohn wrote: > On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 7:56 AM, Diego Novillo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> This option has been problematic and does not seem to be well >> maintained. In terms of usefulness, it would also be worth >> implementing as a gimple pass, ideally in IPA mode. I propose that we

Re: [RFC] Remove -frtl-abstract-sequences in 4.5

2008-11-21 Thread Diego Novillo
On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 21:19, Weddington, Eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Are you also proposing to do the re-implementation as you describe above (as > a gimple pass, in IPA mode)? Not necessarily, but it's a possibility. Initially I'm more interested in removing code that is not useful and

RE: [RFC] Remove -frtl-abstract-sequences in 4.5

2008-11-20 Thread Weddington, Eric
> -Original Message- > From: Diego Novillo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2008 5:56 AM > To: gcc@gcc.gnu.org > Subject: [RFC] Remove -frtl-abstract-sequences in 4.5 > > This option has been problematic and does not seem to be well >

Re: [RFC] Remove -frtl-abstract-sequences in 4.5

2008-11-20 Thread David Edelsohn
On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 7:56 AM, Diego Novillo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This option has been problematic and does not seem to be well > maintained. In terms of usefulness, it would also be worth > implementing as a gimple pass, ideally in IPA mode. I propose that we > remove it at the next st

[RFC] Remove -frtl-abstract-sequences in 4.5

2008-11-20 Thread Diego Novillo
This option has been problematic and does not seem to be well maintained. In terms of usefulness, it would also be worth implementing as a gimple pass, ideally in IPA mode. I propose that we remove it at the next stage 1, at least it will stop causing problems. Thoughts? Diego.