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### 12.11 Adding a new GIMPLE statement code

The first step in adding a new GIMPLE statement code, is modifying the file `gimple.def`, which contains all the GIMPLE codes. Then you must add a corresponding gimple subclass located in `gimple.h`. This in turn, will require you to add a corresponding `GTY` tag in `gsstruct.def`, and code to handle this tag in `gss_for_code` which is located in `gimple.c`.

In order for the garbage collector to know the size of the structure you created in `gimple.h`, you need to add a case to handle your new GIMPLE statement in `gimple_size` which is located in `gimple.c`.

You will probably want to create a function to build the new gimple statement in `gimple.c`. The function should be called `gimple_build_new-tuple-name`, and should return the new tuple as a pointer to the appropriate gimple subclass.

If your new statement requires accessors for any members or operands it may have, put simple inline accessors in `gimple.h` and any non-trivial accessors in `gimple.c` with a corresponding prototype in `gimple.h`.

You should add the new statement subclass to the class hierarchy diagram in `gimple.texi`.