target/8795: Altivec realted bugs concerning gcc3.2.1 and gcc3.3

target/8795: Altivec realted bugs concerning gcc3.2.1 and gcc3.3

[kostadindabov]

>Number:         8795
>Category:       target
>Synopsis:       Altivec realted bugs concerning gcc3.2.1 and gcc3.3
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    unassigned
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Tue Dec 03 06:56:06 PST 2002
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Kostadin Dabov
>Release:        3.2.1(1 bug), 3.3(2 bugs)
>Organization:
>Environment:
powerpc-yellowdog-linux-gnu(yellowdog 2.3), binutils 2.13				
>Description:
1) The compiler crashes with segmentation fault when compiling simple Altivec and C++ code. This bug is present in 3.2(release), 3.2.1(release), 3.3(latest form gcc cvs, 1Dec2002). The example is in test.cpp
2) This bug applies only to g++(gcc -xc++), only for the 3.3 (latest source from CVS) current stage. When initializing vector values, the compiler will report:
error: brace-enclosed initializer used to initialize 'vector ...'
the example test.cpp illustartes this problem also.
Note that the second bug applies only to g++3.3
>How-To-Repeat:
g++ -maltivec -static -otest test.cpp
or
gcc -xc++ -maltivec -static -otest test.cpp
>Fix:

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