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+(* *********************************************************************)
+(* *)
+(* The Compcert verified compiler *)
+(* *)
+(* Xavier Leroy, INRIA Paris-Rocquencourt *)
+(* *)
+(* Copyright Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en *)
+(* Automatique. All rights reserved. This file is distributed *)
+(* under the terms of the INRIA Non-Commercial License Agreement. *)
+(* *)
+(* *********************************************************************)
+
+(* Iterated Register Coalescing: George and Appel's graph coloring algorithm *)
+
+open AST
+open Registers
+open Machregs
+open Locations
+open XTL
+
+(* The abstract type of interference and preference graphs. *)
+type graph
+
+(* Information associated to every variable. *)
+type var_stats = {
+ mutable cost: int; (* estimated cost of a spill *)
+ mutable usedefs: int (* number of uses and defs *)
+}
+
+(* Create an empty graph. The given function associates statistics to
+ every variable. *)
+val init: (reg -> var_stats) -> graph
+
+(* Add an interference between two variables. *)
+val add_interf: graph -> var -> var -> unit
+
+(* Add a preference between two variables. *)
+val add_pref: graph -> var -> var -> unit
+
+(* Color the graph. Return an assignment of locations to variables. *)
+val coloring: graph -> (var -> loc)
+
+(* Machine registers that are reserved and not available for allocation. *)
+val reserved_registers: mreg list ref