Hello, According to the gcc internals doc http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gccint/Logical-Operators.html#Logical-Operators: a=b+c will be transformed to GIMPLE_ASSIGN <PLUS_EXPR, VAR_DECL <a>, VAR_DECL <b>, VAR_DECL <c> > but when I generate gimple using gcc 4.4.2, I do not find the same presentation: a gimple_assign tuple is not used, I find instead gimple_modify_stmt used without plus_expr. did the internals correpend to previous gcc version. if yes, is there a more recent gimple doc. Thank you Asma