[LLVMdev] Any plan to add MIN/MAX isd node?

[Duncan Sands]

Hi Yin,

>        Do you have any plan to add MIN/MAX in ISD node?
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> Atomic operations have Min/Max operator already. This should
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> be easy to add Min/Max node in ISD list. Because after
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> converting control flow into Min/Max operator, it will
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> result in better optimization because associative attribute
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> and can be moved around.
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>       Could you give some opinions on this issue?

what are the advantages over using "select" (or one of its codegen
variants)?

Ciao, Duncan.