Re: PATCH: Turn on -fomit-frame-pointer by default for 32bit Linux/x86

[IainS <developer at sandoe-acoustics dot co dot uk>]

On 12 Aug 2010, at 18:42, Richard Henderson wrote:

> On 08/12/2010 10:39 AM, Jack Howarth wrote:
> > So it sounds like the same issue on linux. Would the debugging
> > impairment be any different on Mac OS X than on Linux (at least for
> > the FSF gdb)? Jack
>
> With dwarf2 debugging there is no impairment.  This is mostly a
> reference to stabs debugging, which does require the frame pointer.

well, we default to dwarf2 darwin >=  9
and I recommend it for darwin 8

So I'd think we can just issue an advice to use --enable-frame-pointer  
for darwin <= 7, for the very small number of people who would be  
doing this.

Iain