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Re: GCC Status Report (2004-09-13) [--enable-mapped-location]
- From: Steven Bosscher <stevenb at suse dot de>
- To: Matt Austern <austern at apple dot com>,Mark Mitchell <mark at codesourcery dot com>
- Cc: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org, Per Bothner <per at bothner dot com>, java at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2004 23:55:59 +0200
- Subject: Re: GCC Status Report (2004-09-13) [--enable-mapped-location]
- Organization: SUSE Labs
- References: <414627A4.4080109@codesourcery.com> <4149DF81.70105@codesourcery.com> <29BB7B2C-0812-11D9-B168-000A95AA5E5E@apple.com>
On Thursday 16 September 2004 20:56, Matt Austern wrote:
> Even if this patch doesn't show an immediate performance win, isn't
> simplicity and the possibility of future improvements an argument in
> its favor?
Not to mention the improved maintainability? Having two mechanisms
side by side is one thing GCC does too often already.
If --enable-mapped-location works and does not cause regressions of
any kind, I would think making it the default and removing the old
stuff very compelling.
Gr.
Steven