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Re: [PATCH] Greatly speed up finish struct
- From: Mark Mitchell <mark at codesourcery dot com>
- To: Marc Espie <espie at quatramaran dot ens dot fr>
- Cc: "gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org" <gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org>
- Date: Mon, 03 Jun 2002 09:36:54 -0700
- Subject: Re: [PATCH] Greatly speed up finish struct
Please reconsider, or ask the SC about it.
I will give you my rationale.
If you would still like me to refer this to the SC, let me know and I
will do so; I don't want to get into a protracted argument about it
in this forum. Please be aware, however, that the SC generally doesn't
concern itself with day-to-day details like a particular patch. (It
certainly can, if it wants to, but it usually doesn't want to.)
Stan is a highly respected contributor and I have no doubt the patch is
correct.
However, I have learned to fear the worst. The patch has been tested in
the Apple sourcebase -- but not our sourcebase. I would like to see it
sit on the mainline, without generating problems, for some time.
(Witness how careful we are being about the speed-up-Java patches; we're
only just now getting ready to move them over after lots of people have
stared at them and they have been tested on several real applications.
And the C compiler is definitely more critical that the Java compiler.)
I would happily consider this patch for GCC 3.1.2 -- but I do not feel
that the patch is a) urgent enough and b) well-tested enough to go into
3.1.1. We still have some high-priority PRs for GCC 3.1.1, and we need
to be freezing the branch in a couple of weeks.
If you think we should not wait until GCC 3.1.2, let me know; I will
then ask the SC to consider your request.
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Mark Mitchell mark@codesourcery.com
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