On Dec 13, 2010, at 10:15 AM, Wolfgang Denk wrote: > Dear Kumar Gala, > > In message <e7f59234-4a15-4b96-b2fb-0fb3eedc5...@kernel.crashing.org> you > wrote: >> >>> Or has the rule officially been dropped that the "#if" in the C >>> prepro use the same shortcut logic as the "if" in C? >> >> I'm being told that not reporting this as an error is a bug in previous >> gcc's not the new one. There isn't anything in the C specs about early >> out handling from what I can tell. > > But there is nothing in the specs that states that always all > conditions need to be evaluated or at least checked if they can be > evaluated reasonably. To me, the new behaviour makes no sense - > neither logically not performance-wise. > > I am aware that common sense and gcc behaviour is not always in the > same pot, but I consider this to be a change to the worse. > > Can you point to some commit / bugzilla entry / posting that contains > an explanation or rationale for this change?
Hopefully, Nathan can provide some input on this. - k _______________________________________________ U-Boot mailing list U-Boot@lists.denx.de http://lists.denx.de/mailman/listinfo/u-boot
