That's useful to know - thanks Jonas.
On 03/10/2021 13:10, Jonas Maebe via fpc-devel wrote:
On 03/10/2021 14:04, J. Gareth Moreton via fpc-devel wrote:
I'm aware that the tai class declares an "optinfo" field, although I'm
uncertain if this is safe to use or not given it's wrapped by an
conditional define and is of type Pointer.
It's wrapped under {$ifndef NOOPT}, because it's intended for use by
assembler optimisers and when NOOPT is defined, no assembler optimisers
are included.
It's defined as pointer because it's a field of an abstract base class
in a unit that has no dependencies on target-specific units, and the
actual type could be different for different target architectures.
Its purpose is indeed to attach a pointer to a record with extra
information that is only collected/updated during the optimisation phase.
Jonas
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