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Re: PATCH for bounds-checking flags.
- To: law at cygnus dot com
- Subject: Re: PATCH for bounds-checking flags.
- From: Greg McGary <gkm at eng dot ascend dot com>
- Date: 15 Oct 1999 02:41:31 -1000
- Cc: gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org
- References: <1918.939975338@upchuck.cygnus.com>
Jeffrey A Law <law@cygnus.com> writes:
> > +/* -fcheck-bounds causes gcc to generate array bounds checks.
> > + For C, C++: defaults to value of flag_bounded_pointers.
> > + For ObjC: defaults to off.
> > + For Java: defaults to on.
> > + For Fortran: defaults to off.
> > + For CHILL: defaults to off. */
> > +extern int flag_bounds_check;
> I'd ping the Java folks before turning it on. Even if it's part of the
> language, they may want to give the implementation a little time to mature
> before they turn it on by default.
I'm only preserving existing behavior. Java already has it "on" by
default. Alexandre Petit-Bianco already sent me a message that Java
changes were OK.
> Otherwise it looks fine. Consider it approved once you fix up the minor
> issues above.
Thanks!