Status of GCC memory checking, -fcheck-memory-usage

[Joseph S. Myers]

On 10 Feb 2002, Alexandre Oliva wrote:

> If anyone feels like
> resurrecting this feature, the patch that took the feature out can
> always be used as a starting point/

It should not be used as a starting point.  The previous implementation
was too pervasive; for example, people working on built-in string
functions should not need to know the details of -fcheck-memory-usage.

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Joseph S. Myers
jsm28@cam.ac.uk