Good cleanup! Simple and consistent interfaces are usually
self-documenting, and this one is a good step forward.

thanks,

David

On Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 2:09 PM, Lawrence Crowl <cr...@googlers.com> wrote:
> On 10/30/12, Diego Novillo <dnovi...@google.com> wrote:
>> On Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 4:53 PM, Lawrence Crowl <cr...@googlers.com> wrote:
>>> On 10/30/12, Diego Novillo <dnovi...@google.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> So, to use these three functions, the user must define this single
>>>> 'is_a_helper' routine?  Nothing else?
>>>
>>> You need to distinguish which kind user.  Someone just wanting
>>> to convert does not need to know about the is_a_helper stuff.
>>> Someone wanting to extend the set of type relationships needs to
>>> provide one or two template specializations.  I've modified the
>>> in-header documentation to better reflect the distinction.
>>
>> Great.
>>
>>> I originally had
>>>
>>>   if (cgraph_node *ce = dyn_cast <cgraph_node> (e))
>>>     if (!DECL_BUILT_IN (e->symbol.decl))
>>>       lto_cgraph_replace_node (ce, cgraph (prevailing));
>>>
>>> but folks objected to increasing the nesting, and asked that I
>>> change to the pre-declare form.
>>
>> Ah, yeah.  I remember that.  OK, so we can now use both forms, right?
>
> Yes.
>
> I will commit the patch as soon as the merge and test is complete.
>
> --
> Lawrence Crowl

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