[LLVMdev] [LLVMDev] The Basic Register allocator

[Jeff Kunkel]

I understand the mechanics. I don't know why a lesser weight is better
than a greater weight.


On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 7:22 PM, Jakob Stoklund Olesen <stoklund at 2pi.dk> wrote:
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> On Oct 28, 2010, at 4:05 PM, Jeff Kunkel wrote:
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>> I was studying the basic register allocator, and I am wondering why
>> "LessSpillWeightPriority" priority was used over the greater weight.
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> Because the front of std::priority_queue is the largest element given the ordering.
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