Re: GCC 3.3, GCC 3.4

[Gabriel Dos Reis <gdr at integrable-solutions dot net>]

Benjamin Kosnik <bkoz@redhat.com> writes:

| >I would look at it a different way.  It does improve the compiler, so
| >we should do it.  But it doesn't identify where the 3.2 -> 3.3
| >regression came from; I think we're still no closer to identifying
| >that regression than we were.
| 
| Agree, 100%. There are two issues.
| 
| 1) Magic constants, setting memory to 16MB, improving compile speed
| right now. Arguments that bumping up this value doesn't speed compiles
| are ludicrous, and ignore experimental evidence.
| 
| 2) figuring out what happened between 3.2 and 3.3, or 3.4 and 3.3. There
| are no clear fixes for this right now. There are a lot of clever people
| looking at it so I'm sure something will eventually turn up. 

I believe (but I may be worng) that Neil's argument is that once 1) is
done, people will ignore or won't be interested into solving
2)... until it pops again in later versions.  Quite understandable.

On the other hand, 3.3.0 deadline is approaching and people would like
to concentrate on other issues.  Again, quite understandable.

-- Gaby