Re: Revisit patch for Bug#11935?

[Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>]

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On 12/04/2016 04:07 PM, Ravi Desai wrote:
> Is this now a good time to revisit the original patch submitted for 
> https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=11935 ? 

I would guess not. As I recall, Eli is still using GCC 3, and I suspect 
some other developers are still using pre-4.8 GCC. Let's kick this can 
down the road a while more. I installed the attached.


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From 02055b6de9df82a68d24ee38e7d19e93191938c2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
Date: Sun, 4 Dec 2016 18:19:01 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] * src/lisp.h: Update comment to kick -Og down the road.

---
 src/lisp.h | 5 ++---
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/lisp.h b/src/lisp.h
index 94f1152..7dd9145 100644
--- a/src/lisp.h
+++ b/src/lisp.h
@@ -292,9 +292,8 @@ error !;
    used elsewhere.
 
    FIXME: Remove the lisp_h_OP macros, and define just the inline OP
-   functions, once most developers have access to GCC 4.8 or later and
-   can use "gcc -Og" to debug.  Maybe in the year 2016.  See
-   Bug#11935.
+   functions, once "gcc -Og" (new to GCC 4.8) works well enough for
+   Emacs developers.  Maybe in the year 2020.  See Bug#11935.
 
    Commentary for these macros can be found near their corresponding
    functions, below.  */
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