[m-dev.] compute_inst_var_sub: inst_matches_initial failed

[Fergus Henderson]

On 15-Oct-2000, David Overton <dmo at cs.mu.OZ.AU> wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 14, 2000 at 06:00:35PM +1100, Fergus Henderson wrote:
> > The compiler failed to bootstrap on hg and taifun last night,
> > with the following error message when compiling `modes'
> > and `unique_modes' in the stage2/compiler directory:
> > 
> > 	Uncaught exception:
> > 	Software Error: compute_inst_var_sub: inst_matches_initial failed
> > 	Stack dump not available in this grade.
> > 
> > This is most likely a result of David Overton's changes to support
> > polymorphic insts.  David, could you please investigate this one ASAP,
> > and either fix it or back out your changes?
> 
> This change fixes the immediate problem of the compiler not
> bootstrapping with the `--excess-assign' optimisation turned on.

Great, thanks for the quick fix, David.

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