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Re: tail call optimization vs. debugging
- To: Bruno Haible <haible at ilog dot fr>
- Subject: Re: tail call optimization vs. debugging
- From: Richard Henderson <rth at cygnus dot com>
- Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2000 14:24:04 -0800
- Cc: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
- References: <200003242038.VAA10143@halles.ilog.fr>
On Fri, Mar 24, 2000 at 09:38:31PM +0100, Bruno Haible wrote:
> Many GNU programs are compiled with "-O2 -g" by default, which has been
> up to now a good compromise between speed and ease of debugging.
That you think this is a clear indication that you do most
of your work on x86. On alpha and other wide risc targets
the instruction scheduling turned on with -O2 makes debugging
quite a challenge most of the time.
> 1. that tail call elimination be disabled/enabled by a particular command
> line option,
This we will do, default on at -O2.
> 2. that this command line option be "-fomit-frame-pointer".
No.
r~