[llvm-commits] MachineInstr serializer and parser

[Jakob Stoklund Olesen]

On Jun 1, 2012, at 11:13 AM, Bob Wilson <bob.wilson at apple.com> wrote:

> I had earlier suggested naming the command-line options:
> 
>  --stop-after=<pass>
>  --start-after=<pass>

I like that.

The names suggest that the codegen pass order is fixed, but the pipeline can be stopped and restarted by serializing the (MI) IR. That is all we need for testing purposes. I don't think we can do anything meaningful with opt's arbitrary pass order anyway.

/jakob