Subject: bug#15111: closed (Re: bug#12484: bytecode.c compilation problem with old gcc)

From: [email-masked] (GNU bug Tracking System)
Date: Wed, 07 Dec 2016 17:30:03 +0000

Your bug report

#12484: BYTE_CODE_THREADED breaks build

which was filed against the emacs package, has been closed.

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Subject: Re: bug#12484: bytecode.c compilation problem with old gcc
From: Glenn Morris <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked]
Date: Wed, 07 Dec 2016 12:29:42 -0500
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Dan Nicolaescu wrote:

> On an old machine with:
>
> $ gcc --version
> 2.96
>
> bytecode.c does not compile:

gcc 2.96 was obsolete when this report was new.
4 years on, it's really really obsolete.
Given the lack of interest in this report, I think it is now time to
close it as wontfix.

Subject: BYTE_CODE_THREADED breaks build
From: Dan Nicolaescu <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked]
Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2013 15:10:40 -0400
List-Id: <debbugs-submit.debbugs.gnu.org>

The BYTE_CODE_THREADED definition in bytecode.c:

#if (defined __GNUC__ && !defined __STRICT_ANSI__ \
     && !defined BYTE_CODE_SAFE && !defined BYTE_CODE_METER)
#define BYTE_CODE_THREADED
#endif

does not work when compiling with an old compiler: gcc-2.96

It probably needs to be refined to exclude older gccs.