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| author | amylaar <amylaar@138bc75d-0d04-0410-961f-82ee72b054a4> | 1997-12-03 23:37:38 +0000 |
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| committer | amylaar <amylaar@138bc75d-0d04-0410-961f-82ee72b054a4> | 1997-12-03 23:37:38 +0000 |
| commit | 03ccabb4735803c207ab20796e8c5b15e125222f (patch) | |
| tree | 85697d69e24ffe6b1992e2b6937bfdb40f7fc754 /gcc/rtl.texi | |
| parent | 2a78847c33ac6a912ae280da4d4383f035e86139 (diff) | |
| download | gcc-03ccabb4735803c207ab20796e8c5b15e125222f.tar.gz | |
Added some words on FLOAT_WORDS_BIG_ENDIAN.
git-svn-id: svn+ssh://gcc.gnu.org/svn/gcc/trunk@16932 138bc75d-0d04-0410-961f-82ee72b054a4
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diff --git a/gcc/rtl.texi b/gcc/rtl.texi index 3a4de0c67c1..c8d51d121e1 100644 --- a/gcc/rtl.texi +++ b/gcc/rtl.texi @@ -1096,6 +1096,15 @@ The compilation parameter @code{WORDS_BIG_ENDIAN}, if set to 1, says that word number zero is the most significant part; otherwise, it is the least significant part. +@cindex @code{FLOAT_WORDS_BIG_ENDIAN}, (lack of) effect on @code{subreg} +On a few targets, @code{FLOAT_WORDS_BIG_ENDIAN} disagrees with +@code{WORDS_BIG_ENDIAN}. +However, most parts of the compiler treat floating point values as if +they had the same endianness as integer values. This works because +they handle them solely as a collection of integer values, with no +particular numerical value. Only real.c and the runtime libraries +care about @code{FLOAT_WORDS_BIG_ENDIAN}. + @cindex combiner pass @cindex reload pass @cindex @code{subreg}, special reload handling |