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authorChris Lattner <sabre@nondot.org>2008-07-14 00:19:59 +0000
committerChris Lattner <sabre@nondot.org>2008-07-14 00:19:59 +0000
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diff --git a/lib/Target/README.txt b/lib/Target/README.txt
index 23572cd6bc..e9133721f4 100644
--- a/lib/Target/README.txt
+++ b/lib/Target/README.txt
@@ -784,3 +784,15 @@ int test(int x_offs) {
}
//===---------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+
+Reassociate should turn things like:
+
+int factorial(int X) {
+ return X*X*X*X*X*X*X*X;
+}
+
+into llvm.powi calls, allowing the code generator to produce balanced
+multiplication trees.
+
+//===---------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+