Bart Smaalders <bart.smaalders at Sun.COM> writes:
>>> Apart from the issues mentioned in my last mail (integrating 4.3.3
>>> instead of the current 4.3.4, defaulting to Studio backend on SPARC),
>>> this seems fine to me.
>>
>> I agreed, defaulting to the Studio backend is a really bad
>> idea. Including the Studio backend is a great idea but the default should
>> be the default backend from upstream.
>>
>
> The question is one of compatibility to me... the provenance of the
> backend seems irrelevant, but its interface is not.
Indeed: I fear that e.g. stuff like GCC inline assembler won't work with
the Studio backend, breaking software that would work with FSF GCC out
of the box.
Rainer
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Rainer Orth, Center for Biotechnology, Bielefeld University
