On Mon, 2017-07-31 at 15:25 +0200, Georg-Johann Lay wrote: > Around 2010, someone who used a code snipped that I published in > a wiki, reported that the code didn't work and hang in an > endless loop. Soon I found out that it was due to some GCC > problem, and I got interested in fixing the compiler so that > it worked with my code. > > 1 1/2 years later, in 2011, [...]
I could probably write a similar rant. This is the life of a "minority target programmer". Most development efforts are being done with primary targets in mind. And as a result, most changes are being tested only on such targets. To improve the situation, we'd need a lot more target specific tests which test for those regressions that you have mentioned. Then of course somebody has to run all those tests on all those various targets. I think that's the biggest problem. But still, with a test case at hand, it's much easier to talk to people who have silently introduced a regression on some "other" targets. Most of the time they just don't know. Cheers, Oleg
