Mark Mitchell <mitchell <at> codesourcery.com> writes: > > > Status > ====== > > The trunk is in Stage 1. As previously stated, we expect that Stage 1 > will last through at least the end of August. > > In my opinion, the single hardest issue we face with respect to 4.5 is > how to handle the VTA branch. > > ...[deletia]... > > On the other hand, I can't see a viable better > solution. So, I'd be very interested in further comments on this > topic.
As an end user... I had to read up on VTA (I'm a user, not compiler developer). If VTA works even half as well as claimed on optimized code, and GDB supports the debug information it emits, then this feature alone would make me switch relatively instantly. If there's one feature I've wanted out of the GDB/GCC combination over the last ten years, this would be it. I've banged my head against the wall many a time trying to figure out a bug that occurs differently at -O[n>0] vs. -O0, and at this time, GDB+GCC+O3 is often less than useful when debugging production code. Just my $0.02. -- George T. Talbot <gtal...@locuspharma.com>
