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Re: PATCH: Turn on -fomit-frame-pointer by default for 32bit Linux/x86
On 08/03/2010 06:12 PM, Mark Mitchell wrote:
> On balance, I think it's appropriate to make the change. I think
> there's an overall move towards ABIs without frame pointers, and
> that if x86 stakeholders want to change, it's not our place as GCC
> maintainers to do this.
Thanks for the carefully considered reply.
A problem with "x86 stakeholders" is that we've historically been
rather poor at finding our users and consulting them before making
changes. This has resulted in a number of flamewars, particularly
over type-based alias analysis.
I wonder if this might be an opportunity to create a new best practice
for gcc changes such as these by putting the decision out for
consultation. I'm not quite sure how, though: obviously it's pretty
easy for me to get opinions from Red Hat, but there may be a great
many users we are totally unaware of.
Andrew.