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Re: make #pragma pack() implementation consistent with other compilers(PR c/7054)
- From: Gerald Pfeifer <gerald at pfeifer dot com>
- To: Jan Beulich <JBeulich at novell dot com>
- Cc: "Joseph S. Myers" <jsm at polyomino dot org dot uk>, gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Thu, 8 Jul 2004 22:48:25 +0200 (CEST)
- Subject: Re: make #pragma pack() implementation consistent with other compilers(PR c/7054)
- References: <s0ebfc2a.000@emea1-mh.id2.novell.com>
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On Wed, 7 Jul 2004, Jan Beulich wrote:
> No-one seems to care that all these rules require an awful lot of time
> (bootstrapping the compiler takes hours, the testsuite runs take hours,
> using the mainline is wasted time to me and my employer since we
> obviously can't/don't want to use this for general consumption, so
> importance to us have only changes on top of a released compiler), and
> that instead of doing useful work I'm spending days on fulfilling just
> these rules
As others have pointed out, our rules are not about saving any given
individual time, but achieving the best result (in terms of quality
and developer time) for the community at large.
I'm afraid we cannot change the rules, BUT if you have any specific
comments on lack of documentation, clarity of documentation, or length
of documentation (shorter is often better) thereof on our web site,
I'd be most happy to hear these and help improve that.
> using the mainline is wasted time to me and my employer since we
> obviously can't/don't want to use this for general consumption, so
> importance to us have only changes on top of a released compiler)
Today's mainline is tomorrow's released product, and I know that this
is of high relevance to your employer. :-)
Gerald
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