[m-rev.] for review: comparison of preds/funcs

[Fergus Henderson]

On 16-Apr-2002, Mark Brown <dougl at cs.mu.OZ.AU> wrote:
> Estimated hours taken: 5
> Branches: main
> 
> Implement compare_representation/3, which is like compare except that it
> is cc_multi, and it doesn't abort on pred and func types.  The implementation
> only works for the LLDS backend; in other cases, the behaviour is the same as
> compare/3.
> 
> NEWS:
> 	Mention the new addition to the library.

You should not add something and document it as working
but then not implement it for the MLDS back-end.

This should either (1) be implemented for the MLDS back-end too,
or (2) should be treated as work-in-progress,
not as something which is officially documented and supported.

I advise (1).

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