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Re: Improvements for GAS testcase generation
- To: geoffk at redhat dot com
- Subject: Re: Improvements for GAS testcase generation
- From: Ben Elliston <bje at redhat dot com>
- Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2001 17:20:13 +1000 (EST)
- Cc: cgen at sources dot redhat dot com
- References: <200106140120.f5E1KFo07703@thief.cygnus.com>
>>>>> "Geoffrey" == Geoffrey Keating <geoffk@cygnus.com> writes:
Geoffrey> This patch changes the GAS testcase generator. The old generator used
Geoffrey> to pick a few random small integers or a random keyword as operands.
Geoffrey> The new generator tries to find values that actually fit in the
Geoffrey> fields, and uses some bit patterns which make it easier to verify that
Geoffrey> the testcase is correct.
I had a stab at improving this a couple of months ago, but left some
of it undone (those parts you've improved with your patch). Thanks
for improving it further!
I see Doug has already approved the patch.
Ben