PR 8146

[Eric Botcazou]

> I can't find Richard's comments where he (apparently) disapproved of
> the patch, and I'd like to read those to see what the issues are.  Do
> you have a pointer to that, too?

I think you're confusing it with the other patch, which was rejected by 
Richard and later superseded by a version of its own.

The original patch doesn't appear to have been reviewed at all:
http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2002-07/msg01561.html

I tested the updated version available at:
http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2002-08/msg01401.html

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Eric Botcazou