On Tue, May 10, 2005 at 04:11:48PM -0400, Chris Gianelloni wrote:
> On Tue, 2005-05-10 at 20:06 +0200, Danny van Dyk wrote:
> > icc/ifc use flags:
> >  * These are scary. Using a different compiler should not be achieved
> >    by setting a useflag, neither local nor global one.
> 
> You are correct.  However, it might be necessary to patch something that
> won't compile with icc, but does compile with gcc.  I think this is the
> primary reason for the icc USE flag.
> 

Yes, it is. As far as I know the icc USE flag doesn't actually change 
your compiler anywhere (it shouldn't)

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