* 3. Verbosity flags.
* a) Flags to steer the level of the information.
* b) Flags to steer in which phase information should be dumped.
- *
+ * 4. Verification flag
+ * This one controls the behavior of node and type verifications
*/
-
#ifndef _IRFLAG_H_
#define _IRFLAG_H_
+#include "firm_types.h"
+
/**
* A container type to load/restore all optimizations
*/
*/
void all_optimizations_off(void);
+/**
+ * Possible verification modes.
+ */
+typedef enum _firm_verification_t {
+ FIRM_VERIFICATION_OFF = 0, /**< do not verify nodes at all */
+ FIRM_VERIFICATION_ON = 1, /**< do node verification and assert on error in debug version */
+ FIRM_VERIFICATION_REPORT = 2, /**< do node verification, but report to stderr only */
+ FIRM_VERIFICATION_ERROR_ONLY = 3 /**< do node verification, but NEVER do assert nor report */
+} firm_verification_t;
+
+/** Select verification of nodes.
+ *
+ * Per default the verification is in mode NODE_VERIFICATION_ASSERT.
+ * Turn the verification off during development to check partial implementations.
+ */
+void do_node_verification(firm_verification_t mode);
+
#endif /* _IRFLAG_H_ */