On 9 November 2014 23:13, Sandra Loosemore <san...@codesourcery.com> wrote: > Forgive me if this has been raised before -- I tried searching the archives > but couldn't think of good keywords that would weed out unrelated posts.... > > I was checking the testing requirements for a C front end patch > > https://gcc.gnu.org/contribute.html#testing > > and noticed that the policy is to require a complete bootstrap for C > changes, but not for C++. Given that GCC's implementation language is now > C++, isn't that backwards?
Indeed, seem like a valid point to bootstrap for C++ changes. But bootstrap for C changes appears still valid, too; we still got C source in various places, like libgcc, and generator programs.
