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+! Copyright (C) 2008 Slava Pestov.
+! See http://factorcode.org/license.txt for BSD license.
+USING: compiler.cfg.rpo compiler.cfg.height
+compiler.cfg.alias-analysis compiler.cfg.write-barrier ;
+IN: compiler.cfg.optimizer
+
+: optimize-cfg ( cfg -- cfg' )
+    [
+        normalize-height
+        alias-analysis
+        eliminate-write-barriers
+    ] change-basic-blocks ;