gccbug reports?

[Daniel Berlin]

On Jun 14, 2004, at 10:37 PM, Steve Kargl wrote:

> On Mon, Jun 14, 2004 at 10:29:56PM -0400, Daniel Berlin wrote:
>> On Jun 14, 2004, at 10:19 PM, Steve Kargl wrote:
>>>
>>> The "Category" for 2 of the missing reports was "fortran" and the
>>> 3rd report's "Category" was "optimization".
>>
>> This is the component (or rather, gets translated into the component).
>> optimization was split into rtl-optimization and tree-optimization i
>> believe, and no longer exists as a component.
>>
>
> <rhetorical>
> As a normal user of gcc, what's the difference between
> rtl-optimization and tree-optimization?

None.
It's for developers to know what area the bug is in at a glance 
(backend optimization or frontend optimization).

We don't expect users to actually get the component/category right, or 
the priority/severity for that matter :)

>
> There is no clue for a normal user to decide between
> rtl- and tree-.  Someone with way too much compiler
> writing skills is splitting hairs for the normal user.
>
> -- 
> Steve