[openbeos] Re: gcc-2.95.3

On 2004-08-15 at 00:18:14 [+0200], Oliver Tappe wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> 1) A new test-version of gcc-2.95.3 is available. You can find it here:
> 
>     http://www.hirschkaefer.de/beos/gcc-2.95.3-zooey-test2.zip
> 
> I have tested it successfully with quite a set of different projects, but I
> think I have reached a point where broader testing makes sense.
> 
> So it'd be great if people interested would test this version and tell me
> where it fails (or improves upon gnupro >:o). Information about this
> compiler's influence on performance and/or memory footprint of applications
> is highly appreciated, too!
> 
> The impression I've got so far from my own testing is that gcc-2.95.3 is
> quite a bit slower than the versions based on gnupro but that it crashes
> less often and generates smaller code.
> 
> I haven't done any performance comparisons yet, as my first target is
> correctness. Trying to compile the haiku-source exhibits a couple of new
> warnings and four new errors, so there's still some more work to do...
> 
> Two new errors are particularly interesting:
> 
> -    addons/kernel/file_systems/udp/udp.cpp fails to compile
> 
> -    tests/kernel/core/util/OrderedMapTest.h triggers an internal compiler
>     error >:o(

Damn, I hoped it would deal better with template code. :-(

Anyway, thanks for your work.

CU, Ingo

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