> > It's a new feature and not a fix for a regression. -> totally > > inappropriate. > > It is the issue of quality of gcc 4.1 on IA32/x86-64. The current gcc > 4.1 performs very poorly on IA32/x86-64, comparing against gcc 4.2. I > can't recommond gcc 4.1 to most people using IA32/x86-64. This change > is specific to the IA32/x86-64 backend and won't affect any other > targets.
Presumably it's no worse than 4.0 though. Paul
