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[Ada] Do not replace Float'Range check by 'Valid

Message ID 20100622171818.GA30845@adacore.com
State New
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Arnaud Charlet June 22, 2010, 5:18 p.m. UTC 
Testing X in Float'Range is a perfectly fine way to
test wether X is finite or not. Replacing the test
with X'Valid will also pessimize code on at least x86,
because it forces the operand to memory to avoid
excess precision.

-- This should compile without warning and not generate calls to 'Valid
function Is_Finite (X : Float) return Boolean is
begin
   return X in Float'Range;
end Is_Finite;

Tested on x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, committed on trunk

2010-06-22  Geert Bosch  <bosch@adacore.com>

	* exp_ch4.adb (Expand_N_In): Do not substitute a valid check for X in
	Float'Range.
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Index: exp_ch4.adb
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--- exp_ch4.adb	(revision 161171)
+++ exp_ch4.adb	(working copy)
@@ -4378,9 +4378,12 @@  package body Exp_Ch4 is
 
       --  Check case of explicit test for an expression in range of its
       --  subtype. This is suspicious usage and we replace it with a 'Valid
-      --  test and give a warning.
+      --  test and give a warning. For floating point types however, this
+      --  is a standard way to check for finite numbers, and using 'Valid
+      --  would typically be a pessimization
 
       if Is_Scalar_Type (Etype (Lop))
+        and then not Is_Floating_Point_Type (Etype (Lop))
         and then Nkind (Rop) in N_Has_Entity
         and then Etype (Lop) = Entity (Rop)
         and then Comes_From_Source (N)