I don't understand some of gcc-4.1-20070514, a patch here.

David Daney ddaney@avtrex.com
Sat May 19 17:38:00 GMT 2007


J.C. Pizarro wrote:
> 2007/5/19, Eric Botcazou <ebotcazou@libertysurf.fr> wrote:
>> > Eric, what "reason previous stated"?
>>
>> "loop.c is gone in the mainline sources.  Patching it on the 4.1 
>> branch is
>> allowed only if you have a testcase that exposes a serious bug."
>>
>> -- 
>> Eric Botcazou
>
> Yes! There is an serious bug!  It's illegible, unreadable, illogical,
> incomprehensible, dirty, heavy, ..
>
> It's a testcase for humans but there is not a testcase for the machines.
>
Humans are not the target of GCC.

Only testcases that show regressions on machines targeted by GCC can be 
considered when determining if a patch is suitable for the 4.1 branch.

David Daney.



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