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testing policy for C/C++ front end changes
- From: Sandra Loosemore <sandra at codesourcery dot com>
- To: <gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org>
- Date: Sun, 9 Nov 2014 16:13:14 -0700
- Subject: testing policy for C/C++ front end changes
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Forgive me if this has been raised before -- I tried searching the
archives but couldn't think of good keywords that would weed out
unrelated posts....
I was checking the testing requirements for a C front end patch
https://gcc.gnu.org/contribute.html#testing
and noticed that the policy is to require a complete bootstrap for C
changes, but not for C++. Given that GCC's implementation language is
now C++, isn't that backwards? I'm not trying to weasel out of the
extra work for my patch, just curious if the web site guidelines have
gotten bit-rotten after the switch to C++, or if the SC did indeed
consider the issue already and the published policy is accurate.
-Sandra