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Re: x-files must die: alloca
- To: zackw at stanford dot edu
- Subject: Re: x-files must die: alloca
- From: kenner at vlsi1 dot ultra dot nyu dot edu (Richard Kenner)
- Date: Tue, 6 Mar 01 17:12:46 EST
- Cc: gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org
They're effectively override files for what autoconf determines. But
they predate autoconf, so there's a huge amount of junk in them that
is now being handled there. We can get within spitting distance of
eliminating them entirely.
You can't rely on autoconf. Remember they are also used for tconfig.h, which
is used when compiling the library. In a cross-compilation case, you have
no autoconf configuration.