> And my main question is it possible to rely on this fact when > compiling with gcc and different levels of optimizations?
No it is not , the compiler (especially trunk) is free to use LR as a temporary after epilogue has been generated at higher optimization levels. > Is it > possible to generate some straightforward heuristic to detect this > evens (with\without debug info)? With debug information you could in theory work this out but not without it especially if LR were used as a temporary. regards Ramana > > Thank you in advance for any suggestions! > > -- > Best Regards, > Vasily
