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Re: Your recent change


>>>>> "Mike" == Mike Stump <mrs@windriver.com> writes:

    Mike> For example, in the C testsuite I think it is hard to say
    Mike> this case at -O3 fail on this list of hosts, but at -O2 they
    Mike> work....  (as I recall).  So the choice then becomes, do you
    Mike> want unexpectedness on the pass over unexpectedness on the
    Mike> fail, or do you want to improve the testsuite driver?  The
    Mike> g++ testsuite doesn't suffer from this problem as I recall.

Yes, there are problems with the testsuite driver.  (Some of us are
hoping that the SoftwareCarpentry project will eventually provide a
better free software regression testing tool.)

We will either fix the driver, or err on the side of unexpected
passes.  Unexpected failure will then be a red flag, as it should be.

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Mark Mitchell                   mark@codesourcery.com
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