Apple specific options: patch to include them in the current release gcc?

[Stan Shebs]

Dale Johannesen wrote:

> On Jan 27, 2005, at 8:22 PM, Matt Austern wrote:
>
>>  -  Patches that we haven't even bothered to submit because we're 
>> pretty sure they'd be rejected.  (Example: alternate asm syntax 
>> that's more compatible with CodeWarrior and Visual C++.)
>
>
> Actually, Stan submitted this and it was firmly rejected.  A better 
> example is some common-code
> optimizer tweaks that are not applicable or negative for other 
> targets.  These can sometimes be
> gotten into mainline by adding new macros, but people are skeptical of 
> such changes, rightly so.
>
We did have some useful discussion on inline asm blocks, and Ian
put forth a spiffy compromise design that included the best
features of both CW and GCC syntax - now just waiting for someone
energetic enough to make it happen...

I expect there will be a flurry of patches for FSF GCC once
Tiger is out; I've got about four queued-up myself, and I'm not
even in the compiler group! :-)

Stan