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Re: Patch to remove -fvolatile*
- From: Zack Weinberg <zack at codesourcery dot com>
- To: Mark Mitchell <mark at codesourcery dot com>
- Cc: Richard Sandiford <rsandifo at redhat dot com>, Graham Stott <graham dot stott at btinternet dot com>, "gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org" <gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org>
- Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2003 10:22:38 -0800
- Subject: Re: Patch to remove -fvolatile*
- References: <70690000.1043172602@warlock.codesourcery.com>
Mark Mitchell <mark@codesourcery.com> writes:
> --On Tuesday, January 21, 2003 04:16:23 PM +0000 Richard Sandiford
> <rsandifo@redhat.com> wrote:
>
>> The patch below removes all three options. Bootstrapped & regression
>> tested on i686-pc-linux-gnu. OK to install?
>
> This is OK by me, but you know me -- always eager to get rid of stuff.
>
> Wait a week to let other people complain. If there are no complaints,
> go ahead.
Wind River uses -fvolatile extensively, although I believe entirely
out of superstition. Given that the options do not work, I would
certainly prefer "remove this dubious feature" to "make them work
again."
zw