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RE: preliminary invocation patch
- To: "Per Bothner" <per at bothner dot com>, <tromey at redhat dot com>
- Subject: RE: preliminary invocation patch
- From: "Anthony Green" <green at redhat dot com>
- Date: Fri, 18 May 2001 14:03:08 -0700
- Cc: <java-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org>
- Reply-To: <green at redhat dot com>
Per wrote:
> Well, much of the size of printf is number conversion - which we need
> anyway. While I agree in prnciple, I think worrying about the size of
> printf is premature at best.
I don't agree - because we're not just worrying about the size of printf.
printf has to deal with floating point coinversions which we don't use. For
some targets this will force entire floating point emulation libraries into
the image. I think avoiding printf is good policy.
AG