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Re: RFA: Fix other/44566

From: Mark Mitchell <mark at codesourcery dot com>
To: "Joseph S. Myers" <joseph at codesourcery dot com>
Cc: Joern Rennecke <amylaar at spamcop dot net>, gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org
Date: Sun, 27 Jun 2010 09:28:24 -0700
Subject: Re: RFA: Fix other/44566
References: <20100626061802.45a3nzzz4088o840-nzlynne@webmail.spamcop.net> <Pine.LNX.4.64.1006261615410.30463@digraph.polyomino.org.uk>

Joseph S. Myers wrote:

> The model I has was that all the targets supported by the compiler are 
> essentially equal.  It would be possible to run the compiler - or other 
> components such as the assembler - with a --target= option to select a 
> particular target, and the results would be identical to those of a 
> single-target compiler for that target.

That seems to me to be a far desirable model.  It's not like building
two compilers is that hard; if we can't achieve a single compiler that
can really target two targets equally well, then why not just build two
compilers?

-- 
Mark Mitchell
CodeSourcery
mark@codesourcery.com
(650) 331-3385 x713

Follow-Ups:
- Re: RFA: Fix other/44566
  - From: Steven Bosscher

References:
- RFA: Fix other/44566
  - From: Joern Rennecke
- Re: RFA: Fix other/44566
  - From: Joseph S. Myers

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