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 Register Class Preferences
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    The operand constraints have another function: they enable the
 compiler to decide which kind of hardware register a pseudo register is
 best allocated to.  The compiler examines the constraints that apply to
 the insns that use the pseudo register, looking for the
 machine-dependent letters such as `d' and `a' that specify classes of
 registers.  The pseudo register is put in whichever class gets the most
 "votes".  The constraint letters `g' and `r' also vote: they vote in
 favor of a general register.  The machine description says which
 registers are considered general.
 
    Of course, on some machines all registers are equivalent, and no
 register classes are defined.  Then none of this complexity is relevant.
 

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