From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Kevin Ryde Newsgroups: gmane.lisp.guile.devel Subject: Re: gcc 2.95 inline scm_is_pair workaround Date: Sun, 28 May 2006 09:44:45 +1000 Message-ID: <873bev118y.fsf@zip.com.au> References: <873bf5inf2.fsf@zip.com.au> <87wtcgnu12.fsf@zagadka.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1148773510 11394 80.91.229.2 (27 May 2006 23:45:10 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 27 May 2006 23:45:10 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: guile-devel-bounces+guile-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun May 28 01:45:08 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: guile-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Fk8Su-0005y3-2x for guile-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 28 May 2006 01:45:04 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Fk8Ss-0008Od-R6 for guile-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 27 May 2006 19:45:02 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Fk8So-0008NI-Nu for guile-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 27 May 2006 19:44:58 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Fk8Sm-0008MV-UL for guile-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 27 May 2006 19:44:58 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Fk8Sm-0008MM-ON for guile-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 27 May 2006 19:44:56 -0400 Original-Received: from [61.8.0.84] (helo=mailout1.pacific.net.au) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1Fk8Xz-0004Ba-W0 for guile-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 27 May 2006 19:50:20 -0400 Original-Received: from mailproxy1.pacific.net.au (mailproxy1.pacific.net.au [61.8.0.86]) by mailout1.pacific.net.au (Postfix) with ESMTP id F0DFF367C6D for ; Sun, 28 May 2006 09:44:51 +1000 (EST) Original-Received: from localhost (ppp23E2.dyn.pacific.net.au [61.8.35.226]) by mailproxy1.pacific.net.au (8.13.4/8.13.4/Debian-3sarge1) with ESMTP id k4RNioSi017734 for ; Sun, 28 May 2006 09:44:51 +1000 Original-Received: from gg by localhost with local (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1Fk8Sb-0002Dn-00; Sun, 28 May 2006 09:44:45 +1000 Original-To: guile-devel@gnu.org Mail-Copies-To: never In-Reply-To: <87wtcgnu12.fsf@zagadka.de> (Marius Vollmer's message of "Sun, 21 May 2006 02:41:45 +0300") User-Agent: Gnus/5.110006 (No Gnus v0.6) Emacs/21.4 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: guile-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Developers list for Guile, the GNU extensibility library" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: guile-devel-bounces+guile-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: guile-devel-bounces+guile-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.lisp.guile.devel:5940 Archived-At: [delayed by a mail bounce] Marius Vollmer writes: > > Should we still support GCC 2.95? It's still in current debian unstable, so it's not totally dead. Using it guards against some c99-isms (local variables in the middle of functions) so it has some use for development. > * throw.c (scm_ithrow): Remove "asm volatile" hack. It used to > work around a bug in GCC 2.95.2 but is now a bug in itself. Doesn't look so evil as to cause a bug itself ... I put mine conditionalized precisely to gcc==2.95, so as to restrict its effect. All this sort of thing is pretty ugly, but at least if it's tightly delimited then it's clear what you can rip out in 10 years time. _______________________________________________ Guile-devel mailing list Guile-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/guile-devel