GCC 4.2.0 Status Report (2007-03-04)

[Manuel López-Ibáñez]

On 06 Mar 2007 21:48:14 -0600, Gabriel Dos Reis <gdr@cs.tamu.edu> wrote:
> "Manuel López-Ibáñez" <lopezibanez@gmail.com> writes:
>
> | On 06/03/07, Mark Mitchell <mark@codesourcery.com> wrote:
> | > Manuel López-Ibáñez wrote:
> | > > On 05/03/07, Mark Mitchell <mark@codesourcery.com> wrote:
> | > >> After reviewing all of the traffic[1] that stemmed from my previous
> | > >> status report, I've decided that, indeed, it makes sense to steam ahead
> | > >> with GCC 4.2.0 based on current GCC 4.2.0 release branch.
> | > >>
> | > >
> | > > I ask special permission to apply this patch:
> | > >
> | > > http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2007-02/msg01461.html
> | > >
> | > > to GCC 4.2.0. This patch is trivial and it has been in GCC 4.3 for a
> | > > few weeks already.
> | >
> | > This patch is OK for 4.2.0, on the grounds that the -Walways-true option
> | > has not yet appeared in any FSF release, and we don't want to release
> | > the option with semantics different than what are eventually intended.
> | >
> | > Thanks,
> | >
> |
> | As far as I know, it was introduced in GCC 4.2 revision 108489.
> |
> | Also:
> |
> | $ svn log svn://gcc.gnu.org/svn/gcc/branches/gcc-4_2-branch | grep -n
> | -e "Walways.true"
> | 63424:  * gcc.dg/20031012-1.c: Add -Walways-true option.
> | 63978:  * doc/invoke.texi (Warning Options): Document -Walways-true being
> | 64532:  * common.opt (Walways-true): New option.
> |
> | while
> |
> | $ svn log svn://gcc.gnu.org/svn/gcc/branches/gcc-4_1-branch | grep -n
> | -e "Walways.true"
> |
> | shows nothing.
>
> I strongly encourage the removal brefore 4.2 gets out.
>

I am bootstrapping and regression testing the backport of the patch
and I will commit it and post it here as soon as it finishes.

Should we mention Waddress in the GCC 4.2 release notes? Neither
Wliteral-string-comparison nor Walways-true were mention. That is,
should I prepare a patch?

Cheers,

Manuel.