[LLVMdev] RFC: Should we have (something like) -extra-vectorizer-passes in -O2?

[Renato Golin]

On 14 October 2014 22:09, Chandler Carruth <chandlerc at google.com> wrote:
> Yes, this is a much needed feature. I have and will continue to push back on
> trying to add it until we at least get a sane framework for our *existing*
> pass pipelines though. I'm just a bit worried about scope creep here is all.
> It's definitely something I want to see happen long-term.

Agreed. But we have to be careful to not transform the pass manager
into a makefile in order to avoid multiple passes of the same cleanup
pass. :)

cheers,
--renato