------- Comment #30 from mrs at apple dot com 2009-09-04 01:49 ------- I admit that having gcc automagically add -m32 isn't strictly needed, the user can do that. The problem is when they don't do that. What behavior do we want? We can pick:
1) Just work. 2) Fail immediately, telling them they did it wrong. 3) Grind away for hours, just to fail in some obscure hard to understand way Status quo is #3. Now, we have the choice to do this, or to do 1. Argue against 1; it is import to fail in some obscure way because... I have never see a compelling argument. I did the change up as I was supporting users that grew tied of it failing all the time. I grew tied of it failing all the time. For me, it's an easy choice. The cost of the few lines is well worth the benefit to me. -- http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=41180
