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Re: Merge from pch branch; call for testers
- From: Marc Espie <espie at quatramaran dot ens dot fr>
- To: geoffk at geoffk dot org
- Cc: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Sun, 26 May 2002 14:56:30 +0200
- Subject: Re: Merge from pch branch; call for testers
- Organization: Ecole Normale Superieure (quatramaran)
In article <200205232109.g4NL9TT00928@desire.geoffk.org> you write:
>
>The PCH branch is now at a point where I think it would be helpful to
>merge the work so far onto the mainline. It fixes a number of bugs
>that would be visible in rare circumstances on the mainline (and would
>be very difficult to reproduce), the changes don't seem to affect GC
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>speed much, and it makes it much more convenient to change data
^^^^^^^^^^
>structures in the compiler.
Can we get hard numbers there, please ?
In my book, anything that gets gcc to slow down some more yet is a bad
idea.
It's a case of 1% + 1% + ... = 70% in the end, as you know already.