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Re: Time for GCC 5.0? (TIC)


On 2012-11-05 16:17 , Ian Lance Taylor wrote:
On Mon, Nov 5, 2012 at 3:45 PM, Steven Bosscher <stevenb.gcc@gmail.com> wrote:
On Wed, 24 Mar 2010 04:34:15 +0000, Dave Korn wrote:

Say, why don't we reserve GCC 5.0 for the first version that gets rid of reload? Then let's see if we can get there while the X in 4.X is still in single digits!

(see http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2010-03/msg01103.html)


I suppose LRA counts, even if it doesn't get rid of reload completely just yet.

Bump the number! :-)

Also the fact that GCC is now written in C++ seems to me to be deserving of a bump to 5.0.

I agree. This might be a good time to bump the major version number. In addition to the C++ switch, I think we have a ton of new features. Alerting users that this release may be a double-edged sword seems wise.



Diego.



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