On 07/27/2011 07:35 AM, Christoph Otto wrote: > On Tue, 26 Jul 2011 22:19 -0700, "jerry gay" <[email protected]> > wrote: >>> >> if, as you argue, it should be the default, why must it be specified >> as an option? >> >> parrot users deserve better; parrot developers should do work with >> users in mind rather than asking them to do it. don't make users >> deviate from the norm in order to get normal behavior. > > I strongly agree with the sentiment here. If an optimized Parrot is > broken on > a platform, we need to fix that bug. kid51++ mentioned the test in > question is > tt #1930. Unfortunately Darwin/PCC, where the test fails, is becoming a > rare > platform, but if we want to call it "supported", we need to fix it. > > I also want users to get the best possible Parrot without requiring them > to > know to pass --optimize to Configure.pl.
We know what platform we're running on during configure, so it should be possible to turn on --optimize by default for the platforms we know support it, and turn it off by default for the platforms we know don't support it. Allison _______________________________________________ http://lists.parrot.org/mailman/listinfo/parrot-dev
