Re: g77 - mips-sgi-irix6.2 - Internal compiler error in function copy _to_mode_reg

[Jeffrey A Law <law at hurl dot cygnus dot com>]

  In message <19990218102607.30860.qmail@deer>you write:
  > If `-mabi=64' changes type sizes,
It does.

  > though, I think that might explain why
  > g77 is especially prone to bugs in this area.  Its system for handling
  > types is especially brittle, partly due to its use of libf2c
  > and the related configuration bits, but mostly due to its
  > internals, which are long-due for a rewrite.
Actually, it looked like the right thing was done for LEN, which is the one
I expected to get messed up.

  > One way to test this hypothesis, if it's possible, is to build
  > the compiler *configured* so it defaults to `-mabi=64'.
I'm not aware of any such option, but for testing purposes one could take a
hammer to mips.c.

But I don't see how this plays into libf2c -- this is strictly on the compiler
side.

jeff