On Tue, Feb 20, 2007 at 06:23:14PM -0500, Kaveh R. GHAZI wrote:
> No it doesn't need stating, at least not for me. :-)  Sure nobody likes
> bugs/miscompilations, but all compilers have them.  We evaluate how
> serious they are and whether a performance hit from a bug fix is worth it.
> My understanding is that 4.1 has this very same bug, and it hits about as
> often as it does in 4.2.  See the end of this message:
> http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc/2007-02/msg00432.html
> 
> If so, then it can't be too bad IMHO.  That was the context within which
> I made my statement.  And if that holds, I continue to stand by it.

On the other hand, I consider this a fairly serious bug in 4.1 (and
I've seen customers encounter it at least twice off the top of my
head).  It depends what your tolerance for wrong-code bugs is.

-- 
Daniel Jacobowitz
CodeSourcery

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