[llvm-dev] a tagged architecture, the elephant in the undef / poison room

[John Regehr via llvm-dev]

I don't disagree with this but I don't see the concrete proposal yet.

John


On 6/16/17 9:01 AM, Peter Lawrence wrote:
> John,
>          Here’s what I’m getting at
>
> “Poison” is an attribute of a “value”, not a “value” itself.
>
> “Poison” is an analysis result, and we should think about implementing it as such,
> just like we do constant and range analysis.
>
> Turning “poison” into a “value” means all “values” now have in addition to
> a bit pattern an extra attribute (IE a tag).
>
>
> Peter Lawrence.
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