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| -rw-r--r-- | gcc/tree.c | 11 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/gcc/tree.c b/gcc/tree.c index 9710ed25d6e..bc07652c0fa 100644 --- a/gcc/tree.c +++ b/gcc/tree.c @@ -3792,7 +3792,8 @@ build_pointer_type_for_mode (tree to_type, enum machine_mode mode) { tree t = TYPE_POINTER_TO (to_type); - /* First, if we already have a type for pointers to TO_TYPE, use it. */ + /* First, if we already have a type for pointers to TO_TYPE and it's + the proper mode, use it. */ if (t != 0 && mode == ptr_mode) return t; @@ -3801,13 +3802,13 @@ build_pointer_type_for_mode (tree to_type, enum machine_mode mode) TREE_TYPE (t) = to_type; TYPE_MODE (t) = mode; - /* Record this type as the pointer to TO_TYPE. */ + /* We can only record one type as "the" pointer to TO_TYPE. We choose to + record the pointer whose mode is ptr_mode. */ if (mode == ptr_mode) - TYPE_POINTER_TO (to_type) = t; + TYPE_POINTER_TO (to_type) = t; /* Lay out the type. This function has many callers that are concerned - with expression-construction, and this simplifies them all. - Also, it guarantees the TYPE_SIZE is in the same obstack as the type. */ + with expression-construction, and this simplifies them all. */ layout_type (t); return t; |