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| <h3 class="section">16.8 Operand Constraints</h3> |
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| <p>Each <code>match_operand</code> in an instruction pattern can specify |
| constraints for the operands allowed. The constraints allow you to |
| fine-tune matching within the set of operands allowed by the |
| predicate. |
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| <p>Constraints can say whether |
| an operand may be in a register, and which kinds of register; whether the |
| operand can be a memory reference, and which kinds of address; whether the |
| operand may be an immediate constant, and which possible values it may |
| have. Constraints can also require two operands to match. |
| Side-effects aren’t allowed in operands of inline <code>asm</code>, unless |
| ‘<samp><</samp>’ or ‘<samp>></samp>’ constraints are used, because there is no guarantee |
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| <tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="Simple-Constraints.html#Simple-Constraints" accesskey="1">Simple Constraints</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">Basic use of constraints. |
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| <tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="Multi_002dAlternative.html#Multi_002dAlternative" accesskey="2">Multi-Alternative</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">When an insn has two alternative constraint-patterns. |
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| <tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="Class-Preferences.html#Class-Preferences" accesskey="3">Class Preferences</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">Constraints guide which hard register to put things in. |
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| <tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="Modifiers.html#Modifiers" accesskey="4">Modifiers</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">More precise control over effects of constraints. |
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| <tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="Machine-Constraints.html#Machine-Constraints" accesskey="5">Machine Constraints</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">Existing constraints for some particular machines. |
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| <tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="Define-Constraints.html#Define-Constraints" accesskey="7">Define Constraints</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">How to define machine-specific constraints. |
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| <tr><td align="left" valign="top">• <a href="C-Constraint-Interface.html#C-Constraint-Interface" accesskey="8">C Constraint Interface</a>:</td><td> </td><td align="left" valign="top">How to test constraints from C code. |
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