[Libre-soc-bugs] [Bug 558] gcc SV intrinsics concept

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https://bugs.libre-soc.org/show_bug.cgi?id=558

--- Comment #35 from Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton <lkcl at lkcl.net> ---
(In reply to Alexandre Oliva from comment #34)

> knowing the internals as I do, I want to figure out where we're aiming to
> get in the end, so that I can *then* figure out what we need to get the
> feature you wish to apply for a grant on that will take us closer to the end
> goal.

yehyeh, i was just thinking (half asleep, 2am), "hmm i replied point-by-point
rather than stepping back and thinking, i should followup and point out that i
do understand that you're looking to plan ahead".

> arguing we don't wish the compiler to do things that it will normally do
> doesn't make the job easier as you seem to think; it makes it harder,
> because then we'll have to do the job AND stop the compiler from doing what
> it normally does.  is that understood?

yes, it is.  appreciated you pointing this out.

i need to do a code walkthrough of gcc.  it's been some time since i last did
that.

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