Richard Henderson - Re: [RFC,PATCH] Remove mode(word) (original) (raw)

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Re: [RFC,PATCH] Remove mode(word) - approach 2

• From: Richard Henderson
• To: Andreas Krebbel
• Cc: iant at google dot com, gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org
• Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2007 10:45:53 -0800
• Subject: Re: [RFC,PATCH] Remove mode(word) - approach 2
• References: <20070223164338.GB16499@blc4eb430604175.ibm.com>

On Fri, Feb 23, 2007 at 05:43:38PM +0100, Andreas Krebbel wrote:

The macros default to the long data type which should cover most back ends without any modifications. Others need to redefine the macros.

Would you point me at the rationale for not using mode(word) in the gcc runtime? I'm having trouble understanding why this is a useful thing, and therefore what to replace it with.

I'm presuming that the c-common.c change to actually remove the mode name is a testing artifact, and not an actual proposal.

r~

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