Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2001 10:58:26 -0400 From: "Brian F. Feldman" <green@FreeBSD.org> To: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za> Cc: Peter Wemm <peter@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/kern subr_prf.c src/sys/sys systm.h Message-ID: <200109101458.f8AEwQI98441@green.bikeshed.org> In-Reply-To: Message from Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za> of "Mon, 10 Sep 2001 10:30:09 BST." <200109100930.f8A9UBE97152@grimreaper.grondar.za>
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Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za> wrote:
> > This hack brought to you by some questionable ``optimizations'' in gcc-3.
> > gcc-3 takes it apon itself to convert:
> > printf("string\n") -> puts("string");
> > and:
> > printf("a"); -> putchar('a')
> > etc. I dont know what they've been smoking over there in gcc-land, but
> > it must be pretty good stuff.
>
> This "optimzation" on the part of GCC is extremely rude, IMVHO. Is there
> a way (#define ?) of permanently disabling it?
>
> C is not FORTRAN - there are no intrinsic functions in C. Grrrrr.....
Agreed. Peter's original comment was absolutely justified. The _ONLY_ case
I can see this possibly being even moderately alright is if it is somehow
done in a way that makes it act like a macro definition and can be
#undefined or (called)() in one of the standard ways.
--
Brian Fundakowski Feldman \ FreeBSD: The Power to Serve! /
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