Re: egcs 1.0.1 miscompiles Linux 2.0.33

Robert Bihlmeyer (robbe@orcus.priv.at)
11 Mar 1998 11:22:29 +0100


Hi,

>>>>> On Tue, 10 Mar 1998 17:07:43 -0500 (EST)
>>>>> "Albert D. Cahalan" <acahalan@cs.uml.edu> said:

Albert> I don't see why the following is not acceptable:

Albert> 1. gcc detects a clobbered input
Albert> 2. gcc translates that into an earlyclobbered output with a
Albert> matching input

Please don't make the program act more intelligent than it really is.
Inputs can be mentioned in the clobber list by mistake. The compiler
would silently "correct" this to earlyclobbers, being utterly wrong.

Robbe

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