On Mar 12, 2008, at 12:35 PM, Waldek Hebisch wrote:
Using gpc with gcc-4.2 or gcc-4.3 is currently not supported, but gcc-4.1.2 should work fine.
Waldek, what is the status in getting GPC building from either gcc-4.2 or gcc-4.3 bases supported?
As I think you know, there's a Mac OS X target back-end code generation bug with gcc-4.1.2 that makes GPC unsuitable for serious code work for a GPC built from a gcc-4.1.2 base.
Since Apple compiler support has moved on to gcc-4.2 and later versions, the chances of getting a Mac OS X target back end bug fixed in the gcc-4.1.2 code base are pretty slim.
While a Mac OS X gcc-3.4.5 based GPC continues to work, it foregoes the benefits to be gained from Apple's compiler support efforts in improving the gcc-4.x code base and supporting development tools. For Mac OS X GPC users to take advantage of those gains, we need to get a stable gcc-4.x based GPC build and it looks like the most promising option right now is with either a gcc-4.2 or gcc-4.3 based build.
Gale Paeper gpaeper@empirenet.com