Meanings
nounextended basic block (plural extended basic blocks)
plural extended basic blocks
- compilersA sequence of contiguous instructions that contains no labels; unlike basic blocks, they may contain jumps.
An extended basic block can show more easily when expressions have already been calculated.
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