Adding a new phase: dead code elimination

 

In this section, we are explaining the different tasks needed to add a new phase in PIPS . First we describe the global directory hierarchy and phases basic files before describing the use of the PIPSMAKE , PIPSDBM and NEWGEN tools.

 
• Directory hierarchy
• Basic file definitions
• Using the interprocedural consistency manager
• Using the data structures with database manager
  • Loading and storing resources
  • Creating new resources
• Avoiding global variables
  • Hidden global variables
  • Properties
• data structures in
• Using the $C3$ linear algebra library
• Debug support
• Non-regression validation tests
• User interface
• Documentation