[llvm-dev] RFC/bikeshedding: Separation of instruction and pattern definitions in LLVM backends

Krzysztof Parzyszek via llvm-dev llvm-dev at lists.llvm.org
Fri Aug 18 08:26:02 PDT 2017


On 8/18/2017 4:55 AM, Alex Bradbury wrote:
> 
> David Chisnall suggested that the backend could be made easier to read and
> work with by separating out instruction definitions from the patterns used to
> match them for codegen.
We have them separated on Hexagon for different reasons and it looks a 
lot cleaner that way.

-Krzysztof

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