Landing: bb5d3acc84c0

Project / Subsystem

gcc / match

Date

2026-07-12

Author

Kael Andrew Alonzo Franco

Commit

bb5d3acc84c001f9ae7564874996560c191d2a79

Source

github

Perf win

Yes

Breaking

No

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gcc
subsystem
match
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bb5d3acc84c001f9ae7564874996560c191d2a79
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github
headline
match: Remove one build_minus_one_cst (type) in r15-6257.
tldr
GCC match patterns simplified by removing a redundant function call for the constant -1.
author
Kael Andrew Alonzo Franco
outcome
committed
performance_win
true
breaking_change
false
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[]
tags
  • optimization
  • compiler
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bugzilla_pr
date
2026-07-12T00:00:00.000Z

A redundant function call to build_minus_one_cst has been removed from GCC’s pattern matching definitions in match.pd. Since all operands share the same type, the integer_minus_onep@1 predicate can now be used directly to represent the constant value -1, simplifying the pattern.