Re: Please, RedHat and/or Cygnus people on this list...

[Roberto Bagnara <bagnara at cs dot unipr dot it>]

Eric Christopher wrote:
> This problem is fixed in current cvs sources (I tried with -O0 through
> -O3), though I did notice a segfault without -fno-operator-names.  While
> I believe the code would be incorrect then, the compiler still shouldn't
> seg fault.  I'll add notes to the gnats entry about that.

Thanks Eric,

I can confirm that the October 29 snapshot solved the problem I was
reporting, after changing my code so as not to use operator names.
I believe fixing -fno-operator-names would be a good idea:
people used to 2.95.2 may need to use it for some time;
they may also rely on libraries (still using operator names)
on which they have little control.

BTW, thanks to all RedHat people that answered my message.
They have been very kind and helpful.
All the best,

   Roberto

P.S.  For those non-RedHat people who answered my message
      with CS101 lessons, teaching me what a backup is and
      how it can be used, going on to speculate that since
      I have no backups (they say) then my project must be junk...
      to all those:  find something better to do, rather than
      sending stupid answers to messages that were not directed
      to you and that, moreover, you did not even read.

-- 
Roberto Bagnara
Department of Mathematics, University of Parma, Italy
http://www.cs.unipr.it/~bagnara/
mailto:bagnara@cs.unipr.it