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Re: PATCH RFA: Do not build java by default
- From: Geert Bosch <bosch at adacore dot com>
- To: Steven Bosscher <stevenb dot gcc at gmail dot com>
- Cc: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org, java at gcc dot gnu dot org, Ian Lance Taylor <iant at google dot com>
- Date: Mon, 1 Nov 2010 00:06:45 -0400
- Subject: Re: PATCH RFA: Do not build java by default
- References: <AANLkTikPP+=RS4BL_NQFaENvFtvvk9ughpP3kWvWT25A@mail.gmail.com>
On Oct 31, 2010, at 15:33, Steven Bosscher wrote:
> The argument against disabling java as a default language always was
> that there should be at least one default language that requires
> non-call exceptions. I recall testing many patches without trouble if
> I did experimental builds with just C, C++, and Fortran, only to find
> lots of java test suite failures in a complete bootstrap+test cycle.
> So the second point is, IMVHO, not really true.
Feel free to enable Ada. Builds and tests faster than Java,
and is known to expose many more middle end bugs, including
ones that require non-call exceptions.
-Geert