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Re: BC ABI (was "Re: [fedora-java] Re: Java OpenGL on FC4")
- From: Tom Tromey <tromey at redhat dot com>
- To: Bryce McKinlay <mckinlay at redhat dot com>
- Cc: "John M. Gabriele" <john_sips_tea at yahoo dot com>, fedora-devel-java-list at redhat dot com, java at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: 18 Aug 2005 10:06:43 -0600
- Subject: Re: BC ABI (was "Re: [fedora-java] Re: Java OpenGL on FC4")
- References: <20050818040352.24731.qmail@web80905.mail.scd.yahoo.com><43049EC0.3060805@redhat.com>
- Reply-to: tromey at redhat dot com
>> If so, why isn't -findirect-dispatch simply the default
>> compilation mode?
Bryce> Mostly because its not finished yet. The major blockers are CNI,
Bryce> because the C++ compiler does not yet understand the BC ABI, and the
Bryce> bug(s) affecting -findirect-dispatch when used for source code
Bryce> compilation. Certainly, the goal is to make BC the default ABI as soon
Bryce> as the issues are resolved.
BTW there is a meta-pr that has dependencies on all the known BC ABI
tasks:
http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12725
(IMO not all of these are required to be fixed before we can flip the
default.)
Tom