From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Janis Johnson To: Benjamin Kosnik Cc: Mark Mitchell , gcc@gcc.gnu.org Subject: Re: RFC: attribute "unpadded" Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2002 11:34:00 -0000 Message-id: <20020823113506.A25379@us.ibm.com> References: <200208231757.g7NHvgB02279@fillmore.constant.com> <3628664401.1030125848@[192.168.0.103]> <20020823110709.10a4d1fb.bkoz@redhat.com> X-SW-Source: 2002-08/msg01443.html On Fri, Aug 23, 2002 at 11:07:09AM -0700, Benjamin Kosnik wrote: > > > > Can you specify for the record what you are talking about here? > > > > We are under contract to deliver a C++ ABI testsuite that we believe will > > be very comprehensive. We anticipate completing the work by the end of > > FY2002. We anticipate that the results of the testsuite will be available > > to GCC developers. > > That's nice to know, thanks. I was previously unaware of this effort. > > Is this something that will be in addition to, or in replacement of, the > make-check abi work for libstdc++ and the thoughts to make the vlad > cosistency checks work again? > > There seem to be other people working on this. If there is a specific > plan, then perhaps it could be less work for everyone. I agree. I've been looking into ways to test compiler consistency. I started writing up the issues involved and possible testing approaches (see http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc/2002-08/msg01251.html ) and plan to turn that into useful documentation, as well as a place to record what testing is available. If this is redundant with your efforts then I'd like to know soon so I can work on something else instead. Will your testsuite itself be available to GCC developers, or just the results that you get by running it yourself on a limited number of platforms? Janis