icky C code

[Jon Loeliger]

In article <3117 at utcsri.UUCP>, greg at utcsri.UUCP (Gregory Smith) writes:
> From a code efficiency
> standpoint, for example, a 68000 should return int's in D0 and all pointer
> types in A0, which would break the above. ( Somebody pointed out that a
> certain 68K compiler has an option to return both types in *both* regs ).
> Or am I wrong, and there is a non-unwritten ( i.e. official ) rule that
> says everything should return in the same reg whenever possible?


I am in the process of writing a 68000 backend and just
this problem arose.  As of now, I resolved it by postponing
the critical decision, and left everything in D0 upon return.
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