Summary:
While SSA can be useful for code transformation purposes, it offers
little for semantic static analyses. Essentially, such analyses
explore the dynamic semantics of code, and the *static* single
assignment property does not buy much. For example, once an execution
visits a loop body that assigns a variable, there are multiple
assignments that the analysis must deal with. This leads to the need
to treat blocks as if they assign all their local variables, renaming
to avoid name clashes a la Floyd's assignment axiom. That is fine, but
it makes it much more involved to implement a version that is
economical with respect to renaming only when necessary. Additionally
the scoping constraints of SSA are cumbersome and significantly
complicate interprocedural analysis (where there is a long history of
incorrect proof rules for procedures, and SSA pushes the
interprocedural analysis away from being able to use known-good
ones). So this diff changes Llair from a functional SSA form to a
traditional imperative language.
Reviewed By: jvillard
Differential Revision: D16905898
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Josh Berdine
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