Re: Removing -fssa

[Mark Mitchell <mark at codesourcery dot com>]

On Tue, 2003-07-01 at 20:35, law@redhat.com wrote:
> In message <1057112372.24216.179.camel@doubledemon.codesourcery.com>, Mark Mitc
> hell writes:
>  >On Tue, 2003-07-01 at 19:10, Andrew Pinski wrote:
>  >> On Tuesday, Jul 1, 2003, at 22:03 US/Eastern, Mark Mitchell wrote:
>  >> > I'd like to remove -fssa from the mainline and disable it on the
>  >> > branch.
>  >> >
>  >> > The manual already documents this switch as not ready for production
>  >> > use, and the tree-ssa branch is what we really want for this
>  >> > functionality.  Having it on the mainline and branch is just creating
>  >> > confusion for users, and bogus PRs in the database.
>  >> >
>  >> > Any objections?
>  >> 
>  >> There was some objections when I proposed in May 
>  >> <http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc/2003-05/msg02015.html>.
>  >
>  >I've copied Jeff since he was the objector.
>  >
>  >Jeff, my feeling is that putting the code out there for users to shoot
>  >themselves in the foot with is a mistake.  If there's going to be a
>  >mid-level RTL branch, great -- this stuff can get moved there at some
>  >point.  But, for now, it should just go away.
>  >
>  >Do you still think we should hold on to this code?
> I think we should hold onto it -- in the form of files in the Attic :-)

Cool -- that's what I had in mind.  Ain't revision control a great
invention?

> Go ahead and kill it.

Thanks,

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Mark Mitchell
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