Re: GCC 3.3: Branch Frozen

[Joe Buck <jbuck at synopsys dot com>]

On Fri, May 02, 2003 at 02:39:14PM -0700, Mark Mitchell wrote:
> On Fri, 2003-05-02 at 14:10, Kean Johnston wrote:
> > > The only other changes that I'm going to consider at this point are
> > > fixes for wrong-code regressions, i.e., cases where the compiler
> > > silently generates incorrect code.
> > I guess that means the raging debate of the last two days will be
> > addressed in 3.4 then? I think that may cause a few folks to shy
> > away from 3.3. But I have no vested interest. I just volunteered to
> > MAKE the patch :) It was someone elses issue to start off with, I
> > just happened to agree. But I think it'd be nice to have this const
> > warning stuff sorted out for 3.3.
> 
> If we wait, then there will just be something else.
> 
> This problem is an annoyance -- even a considerable one -- to some
> groups of developers, but you can, if pressed, always wrap your compiler
> in a script which suppresses the warning.  
> 
> I don't think this is a showstopper.

I want to see some version of Kean's patch go in.  To do otherwise will
poison our relations with the BSD people.