On which platforms is -fvisibility supported?

[Jonathan Turkanis]

Robert Dewar wrote:
> Jonathan Turkanis wrote:
> 
>> Jonathan Turkanis wrote:
>>  > I've asked this question twice at gcc-help, but got no response.

>> I didn't even get a sarcastic response! :-P

> Well there is no guaranteed response, given this is a volunteer
> activity. You can't complain if you don't get a response from
> the volunteer group (well you can complain, but no one is
> oblligated to pay any attention to your complaint).

Obviously there's no guarantee. But don't tell me I can't complain. ;-)

I'm a volunteer author and maintainer of several open source projects, and I 
never tell users to "use the source, Luke" if they have a question which should 
be answered in the documentation.

GCC has a real problem in this area.

>> The end result is that a *user* with a question about the 
>> documentation, must grep the souce.
> 
> 
> If you come to this mailing list, which is for gcc developers,
> that is part of the price of admission, this list is not for
> users, but for developers.
> 
>>
>> That's not a reasonable expectation.

> It is for developers, and if you are not a developer,
> you are really in the wrong place.

Break it down how you like; it's still true that it's not reasonable to expect a 
user with a question about the documentation to grep the source before asking.

-- 
Jonathan Turkanis
www.kangaroologic.com