[LLVMdev] pattern matching order

[Jakob Stoklund Olesen]

On Feb 8, 2013, at 9:38 AM, Reed Kotler <rkotler at mips.com> wrote:

> It seems that patterns are matched in the order that they appear in the td file.
> 
> Is this something we can rely on?

It is by design but it is the last resort for ordering, and it is very fragile to depend on that.

It is better to use AddedComplexity to control pattern ordering when required.

/jakob