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===Intermediate Representations=== | ===Intermediate Representations=== | ||
* | * Code is in ''Three-operand'' form iff instructions have no more than 1 destination and no more than 2 sources | ||
* Three-operand code is in ''Single Static Assignment'' form iff for each variable, that variable is defined at most once, and that definition dominates every use of said variable. | |||
** This requires the introduction of Φ-nodes, unions of possible values used in definitions ('''FIXME''' describe dominance frontiers etc, develop all of this) | |||
* SSA and CPS (Continuation-Passing Style) are equivalent (Kelsey 1995, Appel 1998 '''FIXME full citations!''') | |||
* SSA makes use-def chains explicit, and restricts them to a single element each | * SSA makes use-def chains explicit, and restricts them to a single element each | ||
* It's much easier to perform global value numbering optimizations in this representation (see Muchnick, p378-396) | * It's much easier to perform global value numbering optimizations in this representation (see Muchnick, p378-396) | ||
