System, method and program product for optimising computer...

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2006-06-06

2006-06-06

Knight, Anthony (Department: 2121)

Data processing: structural design, modeling, simulation, and em

Simulating electronic device or electrical system

Software program

C717S144000, C717S157000, C717S160000, C714S038110

Reexamination Certificate

active

07058561

ABSTRACT:
A method, system and program product for optimizing software in which procedure clones are created based on the control flow information for the procedure body. In an example, a control flow graph for a called procedure is constructed and, for a branching node which can direct program flow to two or more code branches of the procedure, respective clones or new procedures are formed one for each code branch. A list containing pointers to the clones and the respective branch conditions for those clones is formed. Then, for each call site, the list is scanned to see if a particular call could be replaced by a call to a clone. Meanwhile, each clone is optimized and this may lead to removal of dead code or the replacement of a particular call statement by a constant.

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