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| author | Diego Novillo <dnovillo@redhat.com> | 2004-12-14 13:41:52 +0000 |
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| committer | Diego Novillo <dnovillo@gcc.gnu.org> | 2004-12-14 08:41:52 -0500 |
| commit | 370d199d82a663b0776a9ba4f9e5dfde7a557b0f (patch) | |
| tree | c9633bce8a58c594c3a8efbd016f9340bb1400dd /gcc/tree-gimple.c | |
| parent | 0b16f8f4131be4f5bbc749fc9a0543240cd1efbc (diff) | |
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* tree-gimple.c (get_base_address): Update documentation.
From-SVN: r92134
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diff --git a/gcc/tree-gimple.c b/gcc/tree-gimple.c index 935e5ae..61d2ec7 100644 --- a/gcc/tree-gimple.c +++ b/gcc/tree-gimple.c @@ -419,7 +419,14 @@ get_call_expr_in (tree t) return NULL_TREE; } -/* Given a memory reference expression T, return its base address. */ +/* Given a memory reference expression T, return its base address. + The base address of a memory reference expression is the main + object being referenced. For instance, the base address for + 'array[i].fld[j]' is 'array'. You can think of this as stripping + away the offset part from a memory address. + + This function calls handled_component_p to strip away all the inner + parts of the memory reference until it reaches the base object. */ tree get_base_address (tree t) |