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Re: Workaround for current gcc problem
>>>>> "Ulrich" == Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com> writes:
Ulrich> Mark Mitchell <mark@codesourcery.com> writes:
>> Finally, in this particular case, we're hoping that to
>> implement the right logic in GCC's string builtins so that we
>> don't have to use the giant macros in glibc.
Ulrich> This is no excuse for the compiler being broken. From
Ulrich> what I've seen every more than average complicated
Ulrich> expression is causing problems. Also, even if gcc would
Ulrich> get the full functionality of the macros there are still
Ulrich> old versions of the library and headers out there and
Ulrich> people will have the problems.
I'm not making excuses.
Until this point in the release cycle, we've been focused on
functionality, not robustness. As I said, that's changing now. This
is a natural part of the development cycle; the CVS sources are not
expected to be production quality.
FYI, we've dicussed using fixincludes/specs to disable these macros,
even in old versions of the library -- assuming the builtins work
well.
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