Re: [PATCH] Check precision rather than machine mode in STRIP_NOPS and STRIP_SIGN_NOPS

[Adam Nemet]

Richard Guenther writes:
> 2009/6/9 Adam Nemet <anemet@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> > Richard Guenther writes:
> >> Indeed, you should do the TYPE_PRECISION check only on
> >> INTEGRAL_TYPE_P types and keep the mode check on the rest.
> >
> > Can't we also check POINTER_TYPE_P and OFFSET_TYPE?
> 
> We can, but I don't think we ever have precision differences there.

Nor have we mode differences, no?  I thought we preferred precision over mode
in the middle-end.  Sorry I don't want to overpush this but that is the sense
I got from Joseph.

I verified that a mode attribute in connection with a pointer also updates the
precision of the pointer type.

Adam