Re: Convergence of GCC - slightly off topic

[Phil Edwards <phil@jaj.com>]

On Wed, Oct 02, 2002 at 06:47:28PM +0000, yabada badoo wrote:
> Not wanting to start any flames, but I was
> wondering what is the experts take on the
> likelyhood of convergence of the various
> versions of gcc in the varous linux distributions,
> now that 3.2 is getting consistent positive appraise.

One of the goals of 3.2 was precisely that.  Whether the distros do so is
up to them.


> I was hoping to get feedback from seasoned (battered
> battle faces :-) c and c++ folks that are more seasoned in dealing with 
> sitiations that might expose some of the more thornier aspects of 3.2 with 
> respect to the other (older) gcc versions shipped with various linux 
> distros.

The key point is in C++.  Every release of GCC 3.x has been more conformant
to the ISO C++ standard than the release before it.  Programs which predate
the standard may not actually be legal C++ code anymore.

More info on http://gcc.gnu.org/bugs.html#known


Phil

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