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bug#11935: XINT etc. should be functions
From: |
Jan Djärv |
Subject: |
bug#11935: XINT etc. should be functions |
Date: |
Sun, 9 Jun 2013 11:18:45 +0200 |
Hello.
9 jun 2013 kl. 09:23 skrev Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>:
> On 06/08/2013 11:56 PM, Jan Djärv wrote:
>> most people does not have the latest gcc version.
>
> Most people can use older GCC versions just fine,
> since by default Emacs builds with optimization flags
> that will generate pretty much the same machine code
> regardless of whether the patch is used.
>
> The only problem is with developers who are using older
> GCC versions and who wish to compile without optimization,
> to make Emacs easier to debug. These folks can't use -Og
> (available in GCC 4.8 and later), so they have to make do
> with -O0.
>
That is not the only problem. etc/DEBUG recommends to build with no
optimization when reporting errors.
> -Og is better for debugging than -O0 is, and the
> proposed patch caters to -Og. Eventually the -Og
> approach will win out; the only question is when
> and how to start the ball rolling.
If you can make it detect when to use macros and when to use functions so -O0
doesn't suffer, that is starting the ball rolling. Otherwise it is setting up
a brick wall for users/developers with older gcc.
Jan D.
- bug#11935: XINT etc. should be functions, (continued)
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Jan Djärv <=
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