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Re: Will tree-ssa be GCC 3.5?
- From: "Zack Weinberg" <zack at codesourcery dot com>
- To: kenner at vlsi1 dot ultra dot nyu dot edu (Richard Kenner)
- Cc: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Sat, 29 Nov 2003 16:13:33 -0800
- Subject: Re: Will tree-ssa be GCC 3.5?
- References: <10311300005.AA18027@vlsi1.ultra.nyu.edu>
kenner@vlsi1.ultra.nyu.edu (Richard Kenner) writes:
> I don't agree. Major version number bumps should be reserved for
> changes which are guaranteed to break compatibility for everyone.
>
> That certainly was not the case for GCC 2 to GCC 3. Perhaps there was
> a compatibility issue with some g++ users, but it didn't affect any
> compatibility with C, Obj-C, Fortran, or Ada.
And I don't think we should have gone to major version 3 either.
zw