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On (2003/08/29 11:41), Mike Jakubik wrote:

> Yes, I can see that its not working. But this is a solution to the cause,
> not the problem. Shouldn't this be fixed?

Depends on how much work is involved in fixing it, and what the negative
impact is of leaving it.  Do you know what the impact is?

> > Okay, you philosophize while the rest of us follow the advice of the
> > folks who have a good understanding of gcc's optimizer. :-)
> 
> Are you saying this is a bug in GCC and not the PAM code?

Quite possibly.  But until it's clear that -O2 produces significantly
better compiled code, why worry?

We've got _much_ bigger fish to fry.

Ciao,
Sheldon.