[llvm-commits] [PATCH] Compress Repeated Byte Output

[Chris Lattner]

On Aug 26, 2011, at 8:28 AM, David A. Greene wrote:

>> static int isRepeatedByteSequence(const Value *V, TargetMachine &TM) {
>> 
>> and have it return 0-255 for success and -1 for failure.  It should
>> handle the non-ConstantInt case as well.  You could even generalize
>> this predicate to handle structs and subarrays if you feel ambitious
>> (but as a follow-on patch).
> 
> Are you saying the return value should be the value of the repeated
> byte?

Yep, that makes it easier to compare for identity on the caller side.

Thanks David,

-Chris