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Re: GCC version compatible problem

From: Kazu Hirata <kazu at cs dot umass dot edu>
To: lpeng at cise dot ufl dot edu
Cc: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2004 14:41:17 -0500 (EST)
Subject: Re: GCC version compatible problem
References: <Pine.GSO.4.33.0403121420530.28537-100000@sand.cise.ufl.edu>

Hi Lu,

> I got some gcc version updating problem. I have some programs which
> run well with gcc 2.96 (in RH 7.3) but always failed with gcc 3.2.2
> (in RH 9.0). Does gcc have compatiblity to old versions? If so, could
> you tell me what I should do?

GCC 3.x has closer conformance to the language standard.  Also, some
GCC-specific extensions are being removed, so your program may have
tripped over these things.

Not to mention, there is always a possibility of a bug in GCC
itself. :-)

Kazu Hirata

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