Re: Should gcc use the -pipe option by default?

[Lars Hecking]

>    I have noticed that there are a number of packages that
>    include extra code to test for and enable the -pipe
>    option to gcc. I think it might be a good idea to add
>    the -pipe option to the default CFLAGS if gcc is detected and
>    the -pipe option is supported. What do you think?
> 
> It's pretty easy to write C++ code for which -pipe is slower on a
> reasonable machine.  Both the compiler and assembler require an
> enormous amount of memory, and the system starts swapping.  I've seen
> this myself on a 64MB system.

 c++ -O2 was practically unusable for this reason before I upgraded
 my UltraSparc box from 64 to 128MB.