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Re: I don't understand some of gcc-4.1-20070514, a patch here.

J.C. Pizarro wrote:
2007/5/19, Eric Botcazou <ebotcazou@libertysurf.fr> wrote:
> Eric, what "reason previous stated"?

"loop.c is gone in the mainline sources. Patching it on the 4.1 branch is
allowed only if you have a testcase that exposes a serious bug."

--
Eric Botcazou


Yes! There is an serious bug!  It's illegible, unreadable, illogical,
incomprehensible, dirty, heavy, ..

It's a testcase for humans but there is not a testcase for the machines.

Humans are not the target of GCC.

Only testcases that show regressions on machines targeted by GCC can be considered when determining if a patch is suitable for the 4.1 branch.

David Daney.

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