On Thu, 1 Dec 2005, Richard Guenther wrote: > It looks like it is safe to exchange both of them (the first one for sure) > to fold_convert (...) due to the fact that fold_unary handles NOP_EXPR > the same way than CONVERT_EXPR apart from cases that look like oversights, > ... > In fact, I remember a plan of merging NOP_EXPR and CONVERT_EXPR.
Doh! I follow gcc-patches more closely than the gcc list, so I saw your post there first and replied without cross-posting. For those interested in the topic, my thoughts are at: http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2005-12/msg00124.html Roger --