[m-dev.] Re: Problem with region frame slots

[Quan Phan]

On Tue, Aug 07, 2007 at 10:49:04PM +1000, Julien Fischer wrote:
> 
> Hi Quan,
> 
> On Tue, 7 Aug 2007, Quan Phan wrote:
> 
> >I send this email to developer's list so that everyone can involve
> >(especially Julien :) ).
> >
> >On Tue, Aug 07, 2007 at 05:44:29PM +1000, Zoltan Somogyi wrote:
> >>On 06-Aug-2007, Quan Phan <quan.phan at cs.kuleuven.be> wrote:
> >>>>However, I cannot reproduce the .c file and the HLDS dump you sent me.
> >>>>Compiling test.m in grade asm_fast.gc.rbmm does not introduce any use of
> >>>>regions for me. Do you know what could be causing that?
> >>
> >>>I compile as follows:
> >>>$thismmc/lmc --use-regions --region-analysis --dump-hlds=240 test.m
> >>>
> >>>How did you compile it?
> >>
> >>In grade asm_fast.gc.rbmm, which sets --use-regions but not 
> >>--region-analysis.
> >>Is there any point in --use-regions without --region-analysis? I don't 
> >>think
> >>so,
> >I also think no.
> >
> >>which means that --use-regions should imply --region-analysis, or that
> >>--region-analysis should be REPLACED by --use-regions.
> >One reason for the existence of the two may be to use --region-analysis
> >without --use-regions to dump the hlds with region annotations.
> 
> That was the reason before the .rbmm grades were added.
> 
> >But as far as I understand, I think only --use-regions is enough. That
> >means I am for the latter.
> >
> >What do you think?
> 
> We can probably get rid of `--region-analysis'.  It dates your (Quan's)
> original addition of the region analysis.  I added --use-regions because
> it correspond more closely to the macro name, MR_USE_REGIONS, used to
> enable region support.

So we agree to use just --use-regions, don't we? Can I carry out that change?

Regards,
Quan.

> 
> Julien.
> 
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