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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