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Re: PATCH: tree-ssa-sink breaks stack layout


Eric Botcazou wrote:
>> That's a mischaracterization.  Nobody's "rushing" to do anything.  I've
>> certainly not demanded that we stop everything to fix this bug!  My
>> objection is to the attitude that because this is hard to fix correctly,
>> we shouldn't look for inferior, but easier-to-implement, fixes.
> 
> OK, let's look for such fixes, i.e. changes that partly address the core issue 
> instead of hiding it.

This isn't either-or.  Sure, if there's a partial fix that's a step
towards The Right Answer, then that's better than a partial fix that
isn't.  I'm not arguing for doing the wrong thing for the sake of doing
the wrong thing!  But, we shouldn't be resisting papering-over on
principle; sometimes it's the best way to deliver a better compiler with
the resources we have available.

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Mark Mitchell
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