[LLVMdev] Proposal for new Legalization framework

[Chris Lattner]

On Apr 24, 2013, at 6:27 PM, Reed Kotler <rkotler at mips.com> wrote:
> I would really push towards doing this in LLVM IR as the next step.

What makes you say that?

> It's possible that what you are proposing is the right "long term" solution but I think it's not a good evolutionary approach; it's more revolutionary.

Doing this in LLVM IR seems like a major step backwards.  It gets us no closer to the ultimate goal, would add a ton of code, and would make the compiler more complex.

-Chris