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Re: [PATCH RFC] pascal pointer type names
At 23:07 25/10/00 , vous avez écrit:
>Peter.Schauer writes:
> > > Pierre, this code has me puzzled as well. I tried a few examples in C,
> > > and I am still not sure what the intended effect is. I disabled the
> > > code in my sandbox and I saw no differences in testsuite runs. Which
> > > per se is not a very meaningful data point. The code has been
> > > introduced in 93 and modified in 94. So I don't really know if it is
> > > still needed. Any old timers out there?
> >
> > :-)
>
>Ah, so you are confessing! You are an old timer!
>
> >
> > I suspect that you have go back to a gcc version < 2.8 or use SunOS4 cc
> > to see a regression when you disable the code.
> > As gcc-2.7.2.x might be still in use, I'd recommend against disabling
> > this piece of code generally (perhaps you want to update the comment that
> > this is fixed with gcc-2.8 and above, so we can get rid of it in 2007).
> >
>
>Defintely a good idea.
>
> > Below is an old bug report explaining the issue, which ultimately led to:
> >
>
>Wow, thanks. OK, I'll update the comment then.
Will you also integrate my patch or should I do it?
If I should do it, should I wait until you changed the comment or not?
Pierre Muller
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