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26<h1>CommonBlock</h1>\r
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29<div id="preamble">\r
30<div class="sectionbody">\r
31<div class="paragraph"><p><a href="CommonBlock">CommonBlock</a> is an optimization pass for the <a href="SSA">SSA</a>\r
32<a href="IntermediateLanguage">IntermediateLanguage</a>, invoked from <a href="SSASimplify">SSASimplify</a>.</p></div>\r
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36<h2 id="_description">Description</h2>\r
37<div class="sectionbody">\r
38<div class="paragraph"><p>It eliminates equivalent blocks in a <a href="SSA">SSA</a> function. The\r
39equivalence criteria requires blocks to have no arguments or\r
40statements and transfer via <span class="monospaced">Raise</span>, <span class="monospaced">Return</span>, or <span class="monospaced">Goto</span> of a single\r
41global variable.</p></div>\r
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45<h2 id="_implementation">Implementation</h2>\r
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49<p>\r
50<a href="https://github.com/MLton/mlton/blob/master/mlton/ssa/common-block.fun"><span class="monospaced">common-block.fun</span></a>\r
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57<h2 id="_details_and_notes">Details and Notes</h2>\r
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62Rewrites\r
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66<pre>L_X ()\r
67 raise (global_Y)</pre>\r
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69<div class="paragraph"><p>to</p></div>\r
70<div class="listingblock">\r
71<div class="content monospaced">\r
72<pre>L_X ()\r
73 L_Y' ()</pre>\r
74</div></div>\r
75<div class="paragraph"><p>and adds</p></div>\r
76<div class="listingblock">\r
77<div class="content monospaced">\r
78<pre>L_Y' ()\r
79 raise (global_Y)</pre>\r
80</div></div>\r
81<div class="paragraph"><p>to the <a href="SSA">SSA</a> function.</p></div>\r
82</li>\r
83<li>\r
84<p>\r
85Rewrites\r
86</p>\r
87<div class="listingblock">\r
88<div class="content monospaced">\r
89<pre>L_X ()\r
90 return (global_Y)</pre>\r
91</div></div>\r
92<div class="paragraph"><p>to</p></div>\r
93<div class="listingblock">\r
94<div class="content monospaced">\r
95<pre>L_X ()\r
96 L_Y' ()</pre>\r
97</div></div>\r
98<div class="paragraph"><p>and adds</p></div>\r
99<div class="listingblock">\r
100<div class="content monospaced">\r
101<pre>L_Y' ()\r
102 return (global_Y)</pre>\r
103</div></div>\r
104<div class="paragraph"><p>to the <a href="SSA">SSA</a> function.</p></div>\r
105</li>\r
106<li>\r
107<p>\r
108Rewrites\r
109</p>\r
110<div class="listingblock">\r
111<div class="content monospaced">\r
112<pre>L_X ()\r
113 L_Z (global_Y)</pre>\r
114</div></div>\r
115<div class="paragraph"><p>to</p></div>\r
116<div class="listingblock">\r
117<div class="content monospaced">\r
118<pre>L_X ()\r
119 L_Y' ()</pre>\r
120</div></div>\r
121<div class="paragraph"><p>and adds</p></div>\r
122<div class="listingblock">\r
123<div class="content monospaced">\r
124<pre>L_Y' ()\r
125 L_Z (global_Y)</pre>\r
126</div></div>\r
127<div class="paragraph"><p>to the <a href="SSA">SSA</a> function.</p></div>\r
128</li>\r
129</ul></div>\r
130<div class="paragraph"><p>The <a href="Shrink">Shrink</a> pass rewrites all uses of <span class="monospaced">L_X</span> to <span class="monospaced">L_Y'</span> and drops <span class="monospaced">L_X</span>.</p></div>\r
131<div class="paragraph"><p>For example, all uncaught <span class="monospaced">Overflow</span> exceptions in a <a href="SSA">SSA</a> function\r
132share the same raising block.</p></div>\r
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