Fri Jun 29 12:27:24 2001 Jeffrey A Law (law@cygnus.com)
+ * doc/gcc.texi (Passes): Update due to recent -fdce -> -fssa-dce
+ changes. Fix documentation for SSA DCE pass.
+
* ssa-dce.c (ssa_eliminate_dead_code): Renamed from
eliminate_date_code.
* ssa.h (ssa_eliminate_dead_code): Corresponding changes.
@cindex dead code elimination
@opindex fdce
@item
-Dead Code Elimination. Turned on by the @option{-fdce} option.
-This pass performs elimination of code considered unnecessary because it
-is never executed. It operates in linear time.
+SSA Aggressive Dead Code Elimination. Turned on by the @option{-fssa-dce}
+option. This pass performs elimination of code considered unnecessary because
+it has no externally visible effects on the program. It operates in
+linear time.
@opindex dX
The option @option{-dX} causes a debugging dump of the RTL code after
-this pass. This dump file's name is made by appending @samp{.dce} to
+this pass. This dump file's name is made by appending @samp{.ssadce} to
the input file name.
@end itemize
@cindex global common subexpression elimination