GNU bug report logs - #11935
XINT etc. should be functions

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Message #104 received at 11935 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Jan Djärv <jan.h.d <at> swipnet.se>
To: Juanma Barranquero <lekktu <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 11935 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
Subject: Re: bug#11935: XINT etc. should be functions
Date: Sun, 9 Jun 2013 18:05:31 +0200

Hello.

9 jun 2013 kl. 16:25 skrev Juanma Barranquero <lekktu <at> gmail.com>:

> On Sun, Jun 9, 2013 at 11:18 AM, Jan Djärv <jan.h.d <at> swipnet.se> wrote:
> 
>> 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.
> 
> Also, in some environments updating to newer GCC isn't that easy.
> There's no MinGW GCC 4.8.1, and I wouldn't bet there will be one for
> many months.

Another thing to consider are other compilers.  Clang is becoming more common, and is available on all supported platforms (maybe not DOS).  How does it handle -g -O0?  AFAIK, it does not have -Og.

	Jan D.

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