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authorDoug Evans <dje@gnu.org>1996-04-25 01:45:52 +0000
committerDoug Evans <dje@gnu.org>1996-04-25 01:45:52 +0000
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(s_register_operand): Add comment documenting why it exists.
From-SVN: r11884
Diffstat (limited to 'gcc')
-rw-r--r--gcc/config/arm/arm.c7
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/gcc/config/arm/arm.c b/gcc/config/arm/arm.c
index 8d32108..fcb7f83 100644
--- a/gcc/config/arm/arm.c
+++ b/gcc/config/arm/arm.c
@@ -1301,7 +1301,12 @@ neg_const_double_rtx_ok_for_fpu (x)
/* Predicates for `match_operand' and `match_operator'. */
/* s_register_operand is the same as register_operand, but it doesn't accept
- (SUBREG (MEM)...). */
+ (SUBREG (MEM)...).
+
+ This function exists because at the time it was put in it led to better
+ code. SUBREG(MEM) always needs a reload in the places where
+ s_register_operand is used, and this seemed to lead to excessive
+ reloading. */
int
s_register_operand (op, mode)