Optimizing compilation of pointer variables
CA 2200812 A1 · Owner: Archambault, Roch George · Inventors: Archambault, Roch Georges
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Effective use of optimizing techniques during compilation is difficult in programs that make liberal use of pointers or indirect function calls. The indirection often means that the compiler cannot precisely determine the set of objects pointed to by a pointer at a specific location in the program and, therefore cannot efficiently eliminate pointer redundancies in the code. The present invention provides an optimising method that reduces the size of alias sets associated with program pointers. During an initial compilation phase intraprocedural information about pointer variables referenced in each function of the program is gathered and saved in a data structure called the pointer alias …
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