On Wed, Jan 7, 2015 at 8:43 AM, Lynn A. Boger <labo...@linux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote: > > I thought that since this only affects ppc64 and ppc64le, and provides > reflection support that doesnt exist in gcc 4.9 for Power (you get a panic > if you try to use reflection on ppc64, ppc64le), it would be OK.
I understand that the code doesn't work today in 4.9, but a release branch is for releases and backports of bug fixes, not for any sort of new development. (As far as I knoew reflection works in general for PPC in 4.9, it's just reflect.MakeFunc, a rarely used feature, that is broken.) Ian
