> The patch looks reasonable - can we compute this backward from the > result of the outer get_inner_reference call and the outermost > field-decl though? Or make get_inner_reference compute that while > analyzing the full reference and return a flag? OTOH it shouldn't > be too expensive.
There are a lot of calls to get_inner_reference throughout the compiler though. And it is cheap if you compare it with the 4.7 code, which essentially does the same processing for _every_ field in the record (and even if the record object isn't a handled_component_p). -- Eric Botcazou
