[PATCH] D13142: [PowerPC] Replace cntlz[.] with cntlzw[.]

[Hal Finkel via llvm-commits]

[+David Fang; maybe you can comment on Darwin]

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> Subject: Re: [PATCH] D13142:  [PowerPC] Replace cntlz[.] with cntlzw[.]
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> hfinkel added a comment.
> 
> I think this is fine, although given that we've accepted the older
> form for a long time (and it was apparently in use, at least on some
> older Darwin systems), we should be kind to our users and continue
> to accept it as an alias. Please add the InstAlias defs and
> associated parsing tests (set InstAlias's Emit parameter to 0).
> 
> Also, as best I can tell from
> https://llvm.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=1095 and
> http://lists.llvm.org/pipermail/llvm-commits/Week-of-Mon-20070115/042738.html,
> Darwin also wanted the newer mnemonic spelling. This is confusing,
> given that we have old tests specifically for the old form. Bill, if
> you can remember from that long ago, can you comment on what we
> should do here for Darwin?
> 
> 
> http://reviews.llvm.org/D13142
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Hal Finkel
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Leadership Computing Facility
Argonne National Laboratory