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#365 Pointer analysis

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2022-07-22
2012-05-14
Philipp Klaus Krause
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SDCC currently has only very simple pointer analysis. A more sophisticated approach could yield additional information. It should be able to profit from use of the restrict keyword. The informatiobn gained would allow more optimizations to be done in later stages (e.g. cse).

Philipp

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  • Philipp Klaus Krause

    Philipp Klaus Krause - 2022-07-22

    SC22WG14 is sending the Provenance TS to ballot, so we now have a much better idea of the semantics of pointers in C than before.

     

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    Philipp Klaus Krause - 2022-07-22
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-AFAIK sdcc currently has only very simple pointer analysis. A more sohpisticated approach could yield additional information. It should be able to profit from use of the restrict keyword. THe informatiobn gained would allow more optimizations to be done in later stages \(e.g. cse\).
+SDCC currently has only very simple pointer analysis. A more sophisticated approach could yield additional information. It should be able to profit from use of the restrict keyword. The informatiobn gained would allow more optimizations to be done in later stages \(e.g. cse\).

 Philipp
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