[aarch64-port-dev ] Ping: RFC: Many patterns for AArch64 instructions

[Andrew Dinn]

On 12/07/17 15:14, Andrew Haley wrote:
> Ping?  No opinions?
> 
> ADinn in particular...
Sorry, yes I looked at this and started replying then got distracted by
problems with the Grail build system ...

It's hard to say one way or the other. The extra rules are not likely to
be very useful to many users but i) the cost of including them probably
will not be very great and ii) all computer nerds like to have a
complete set (whatever they are collecting). I guess strictly we ought
to measure to see if that first statement on the just-do-it side of the
account is better than an semi-informed guess -- I did look at the
generated code and it is a bit more than trivial) but ... life is short.

Ship the lot?

regards,


Andrew Dinn
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