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Re: Small update to reversed_comparison_code
- To: geoffk at geoffk dot org, kenner at vlsi1 dot ultra dot nyu dot edu
- Subject: Re: Small update to reversed_comparison_code
- From: dewar at gnat dot com
- Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2001 16:23:10 -0500 (EST)
- Cc: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
<<The worst thing is not this (because the decision on which was the
higher priority could have gone either way), it is that the way you
are proposing that such decisions be made is not a good way; the
effect of your proposal is that such decisions be made by an
individual acting alone in checking a patch into the compiler.
>>
Exactly! There may be cases when it makes sense to temporarily break
things to solve a serious problem, but such decisions should be
taken rarely and only with a clear consensus from those who understand
the problem. Having the decision made by an indvidual who, as Richard
Kenner notes, may be compeltely in the dark as to the significance or
urgency of the uncovered bug, is quite inappropriate.