+/**
+ * Checks, if one node is scheduled before another.
+ * @param n1 A node.
+ * @param n2 Another node.
+ * @return 1, if n1 is in front of n2 in the schedule, 0 else.
+ * @note Both nodes must be in the same block.
+ */
+static INLINE int _sched_comes_after(const ir_node *n1, const ir_node *n2)
+{
+ assert(_sched_is_scheduled(n1));
+ assert(_sched_is_scheduled(n2));
+ assert(get_nodes_block(n1) == get_nodes_block(n2));
+ return _sched_get_time_step(n1) < _sched_get_time_step(n2);
+}
+