RFC: PATCH: Remove 26 element limit in vector

[Mike Stump]

On Mar 31, 2011, at 1:41 AM, Richard Guenther wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 8:09 PM, H.J. Lu <hongjiu.lu@intel.com> wrote:
>> On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 08:02:38AM -0700, H.J. Lu wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>> 
>>> Currently, we limit XVECEXP to 26 elements in machine description
>>> since we use letters 'a' to 'z' to encode them.  I don't see any
>>> reason why we can't go beyond 'z'.  This patch removes this restriction.
>>> Any comments?
>>> 
>> 
>> That was wrong.  The problem is in vector elements.  This patch passes
>> bootstrap.  Any comments?
> 
> Do you really need it?

I'm trying to recall if this is the limit Kenny and I hit....  If so, annoying.  Kenny could confirm if it was.  gcc's general strategy of, no fixed N gives gcc a certain flexibility that is very nice to have, on those general grounds, I kinda liked this patch.