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