[PATCH] D33664: [Lexicon] Add GVN

[Brian Gesiak via Phabricator via llvm-commits]

modocache updated this revision to Diff 100704.
modocache added a comment.

Capitalize & only mention expressions. Thanks for the link to the paper!


https://reviews.llvm.org/D33664

Files:
  docs/Lexicon.rst


Index: docs/Lexicon.rst
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     Garbage Collection. The practice of using reachability analysis instead of
     explicit memory management to reclaim unused memory.
 
+**GVN**
+    Global Value Numbering. An analysis that assigns a value number to
+    expressions in a program. Provably equivalent expressions are assigned the
+    same value number, and may then be transformed or eliminated.
+
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