[fpc-devel] register allocator seems to be using S20 for two things at the same time (related to armhf porting work)

[peter green]

>
> The algorithm used is called "iterated register coalescing", an 
> advanced form of graph colouting and was designed by Andrew W. Appel. 
> He describes in detail in his book "Modern Compiler Implementation in C".
Thanks, I think i'll grab a copy from the uni library tomorrow.

> Basically the registers are put into "worklists"
How does it decice which worklist to put a register in? do registers 
move between the worklists?
> , and then 4 procedures:
> * simplify   -> takes registers out of the graph that can safely be 
> coloured
> * coalesce   -> tries to coalesce registers together to reduce pressure
> * freeze     -> selects registers that have a chance to be coalesced and
>                 should therefore not be spilled yet
> * spill      -> selects a register that should move to memory.
>
> These procedures are called iteratively until the worklists are empty. 
> Then the graph is coloured.
Is this process run seperately for each type of register (int/float/mm)?

P.S. I tried putting debug writelns in the code that generates spills 
and it doesn't seem to be being called for my current testcase :/ (this 
wasn't the only testcase that failed but I feel it's best to approach 
them one at a time).