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Re: [patch][gcc47] Deprecate -fconserve-space

From: Mike Stump <mikestump at comcast dot net>
To: Jason Merrill <jason at redhat dot com>
Cc: Steven Bosscher <stevenb dot gcc at gmail dot com>, Richard Guenther <richard dot guenther at gmail dot com>, GCC Patches <gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org>
Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2012 14:37:11 -0700
Subject: Re: [patch][gcc47] Deprecate -fconserve-space
References: <CABu31nPwMf-vYW_A1n5x1NjzbmAjJWdtRKChU2Vtmzud8CnDxw@mail.gmail.com> <4FCD106E.4010905@redhat.com>

On Jun 4, 2012, at 12:45 PM, Jason Merrill wrote:
> In wwwdocs I would also mention that the flag has no effect on most targets.  In fact, I'm not sure it affects any targets that we still actually support; are there any a.out targets left?

The flag can go...  The days of not having bss are long gone...  Even AT&T had bss support for a.out.  The issue was if the assembler and linker didn't supported .bss, one would get hosed on ROM size.

References:
- [patch][gcc47] Deprecate -fconserve-space
  - From: Steven Bosscher
- Re: [patch][gcc47] Deprecate -fconserve-space
  - From: Jason Merrill

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