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Re: Patch RFA: Add option -fcollectible-pointers, use it in ivopts
- From: Ian Lance Taylor <iant at golang dot org>
- To: David Malcolm <dmalcolm at redhat dot com>
- Cc: Bernd Schmidt <bschmidt at redhat dot com>, Richard Biener <richard dot guenther at gmail dot com>, gcc-patches <gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org>
- Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2016 09:25:51 -0800
- Subject: Re: Patch RFA: Add option -fcollectible-pointers, use it in ivopts
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On Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 8:03 AM, David Malcolm <dmalcolm@redhat.com> wrote:
>
> Is the patch missing some logic to make the option be enabled by default
> for gc-using languages? (presumably go, and maybe java?)
I am intentionally leaving that to a separate patch, yes. I think
this option is useful by itself for C/C++ programs that intend to use
something like the Boehm collector. If the option is not useful by
itself, then a different approach may be appropriate.
Ian
- References:
- Patch RFA: Add option -fcollectible-pointers, use it in ivopts
- Re: Patch RFA: Add option -fcollectible-pointers, use it in ivopts
- Re: Patch RFA: Add option -fcollectible-pointers, use it in ivopts
- Re: Patch RFA: Add option -fcollectible-pointers, use it in ivopts
- Re: Patch RFA: Add option -fcollectible-pointers, use it in ivopts
- Re: Patch RFA: Add option -fcollectible-pointers, use it in ivopts
- Re: Patch RFA: Add option -fcollectible-pointers, use it in ivopts
- Re: Patch RFA: Add option -fcollectible-pointers, use it in ivopts
- Re: Patch RFA: Add option -fcollectible-pointers, use it in ivopts
- Re: Patch RFA: Add option -fcollectible-pointers, use it in ivopts
- Re: Patch RFA: Add option -fcollectible-pointers, use it in ivopts
- Re: Patch RFA: Add option -fcollectible-pointers, use it in ivopts