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Re: Mention of gcc 4.5 as first version with plugin support
- From: Basile Starynkevitch <basile at starynkevitch dot net>
- To: Dodji Seketeli <dodji at seketeli dot org>
- Cc: Dave Johansen <davejohansen at gmail dot com>, gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org, gerald at pfeifer dot com, joseph at codesourcery dot com
- Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2013 21:46:50 +0100
- Subject: Re: Mention of gcc 4.5 as first version with plugin support
- References: <CAAcYxUcDw=C1OegCqzcSPEQ__LU3jhG-7y-QmJ3Yidc1XbVgZg@mail.gmail.com> <877gnkqenq.fsf@seketeli.org>
On Fri, 11 Jan 2013 09:58:49 +0100
Dodji Seketeli <dodji@seketeli.org> wrote:
> Thank you Dave for this documentation patch that looks OK to my casual
> eyes. Let's CC the documentation maintainers.
>
> Dave Johansen <davejohansen@gmail.com> a écrit:
>
> >
> > +GCC plugin support is available in GCC version 4.5.0 and
> > +later.
Maybe we should say that a later version is preferable.....
IIRC 4.5 plugin support was not very good -it was more an experimental stage than
anything else. I believe that we should not encourage people to write plugins against
4.5.....
Cheers.
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