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

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2012 15:15:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: patch

Done: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #98 received at 11935 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Juanma Barranquero <lekktu <at> gmail.com>
To: Jan Djärv <jan.h.d <at> swipnet.se>
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 16:25:50 +0200

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.

   J
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