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Re: [Bug 6358] Returning structs on Linux-i386

To: corry at arbat dot com
Subject: Re: [Bug 6358] Returning structs on Linux-i386
From: "Martin v. Loewis" <martin at loewis dot home dot cs dot tu-berlin dot de>
Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2000 22:57:49 +0200
CC: snyder at d0sgibnl1 dot fnal dot gov, gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org, bugzilla at redhat dot com, Alex dot Buell at his dot spam dot proofed dot address
References: <20000417134337.A1673513@daimi.au.dk> <yr8d7nm7jol.fsf@d0sgibnl1.fnal.gov> <20000426130839.A2079159@daimi.au.dk>

> I note that when Alex Buell claimed on this list that egcs broke
> binary compatibility for C programs he was generally disbelieved:
> http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc/1999-09n/msg00851.html
> 
> It seems to me he was right.

That was an unrelated issue. Alex Buell claimed that upgrading from
egcs to gcc 2.95 broke things; this thread is about upgrading from gcc
2.7 to gcc 2.8/egcs/2.95.

While there may be problems in all places, it does not help to confuse
them.

Regards,
Martin

References:
- Returning structs on Linux-i386
  - From: Erik Corry
- Re: Returning structs on Linux-i386
  - From: Scott Snyder
- Re: [Bug 6358] Returning structs on Linux-i386
  - From: Erik Corry

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