Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2018 09:05:51 -0700 From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com>, Eitan Adler <lists@eitanadler.com> Cc: "freebsd-arch@freebsd.org" <arch@freebsd.org>, "Rodney W. Grimes" <freebsd-rwg@pdx.rh.cn85.dnsmgr.net> Subject: Re: xstr, mkstr Message-ID: <d9b57ab8-acde-8371-145d-12cb58f6efde@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <CANCZdfq8ERejcTaC4uvn3KPK5=FbBS8VxfN6NOL2-giTDY9sug@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAF6rxgnqEkgq4_FaZasL1z3vx0r1jOG0WGrdnMAXFig%2Byu3WpQ@mail.gmail.com> <201807031445.w63EjJmF038596@pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net> <CAF6rxgn%2BEGtLeNg4x_jtcmO_CQ8x5As9ah%2BYT4%2Bg3RRf1JdfHw@mail.gmail.com> <CANCZdfq8ERejcTaC4uvn3KPK5=FbBS8VxfN6NOL2-giTDY9sug@mail.gmail.com>
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On 7/3/18 8:26 AM, Warner Losh wrote: >> "As far as I can tell" needs to be a bit stronger, >> >> Agreed. But before doing work we should first make sure that the work >> will be productive. >> > > Xstr and most are best thought of as a final pass of the old pcc compiler. > This functionality moved into gcc before the egcs split back in the 90s. > The compiler has done this work for two decades now. Nobody uses it, or > needs it today. > > Unlike tip or cu, nobody at all uses these. Agreed, these tools are quite obscure and I don't think _FreeBSD_ has ever used them. -- John Baldwin
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