Jeff Law <[email protected]> writes: > On 10/10/26 10:08 AM, Michiel Derhaeg wrote: >> Hi Jeff, >> >> Jeff Law <[email protected]> writes: >> >>> On 10/2/26 3:20 AM, Michiel Derhaeg wrote: >>>> diff --git a/gcc/expr.cc b/gcc/expr.cc >>>> index a9157dc5d41..0dd9d7d8870 100644 >>>> --- a/gcc/expr.cc >>>> +++ b/gcc/expr.cc >>>> @@ -14563,16 +14563,14 @@ int_expr_size (const_tree exp) >>>> } >>>> >>>> /* Return the quotient of polynomial long division of x^2N by POLYNOMIAL >>>> - in GF (2^N). >>>> + in GF (2^N). The result has degree N, so if N > 63, the result will >>>> + not fit in a HOST_WIDE_INT. This must be taken into account by the >>>> caller. >>>> Author: Richard Sandiford<[email protected]> */ >>>> >>>> unsigned HOST_WIDE_INT >>>> gf2n_poly_long_div_quotient (unsigned HOST_WIDE_INT polynomial, >>>> unsigned short n) >>>> { >>>> - /* The result has degree N, so needs N + 1 bits. */ >>>> - gcc_assert (n < 64); >>> Would it make sense to test n <= 64 here? >> That's what Loeka's first version did. But I felt that it was a bit >> arbitrary. For every degree higher than 63, 1 bit of information is lost >> in the result. So why draw the line at 1? > But does it work for those higher degrees? For some reason I believed it did, but that turns out to be nonsense. We'll reintroduce the assert.
Thanks, Michiel
