On Tue, 28 Aug 2007, Mark Mitchell wrote: > Dave Korn wrote: >>> I do think that generating the same code, independent of host system, is >>> a very important property of GCC's design, just like generating the same >>> code independent of whether or not we're compiling with -g. >> Can the SC please consider adding these requirements explicitly to >> the list of "Design and Development Goals" in the mission statement? >> Or would it make more sense as part of the development methodology, or >> the portability section of the gcc-specific coding conventions? > I don't think this needs to be part of the mission statement; it's more > of a technical nitty-gritty than that. But, I think putting into the > coding conventions is a good idea.
Seconded. Dave, want to give it a try? ;-) Gerald