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Subject: Re: internal compiler error
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From: Peter Mutsaers <plm@simplex.nl>
Date: 18 May 1996 09:47:24 +0200
In-Reply-To: Thomas Sparrevohn's message of Fri, 17 May 1996 08:42:59 +0200 (MET DST)
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>> On Fri, 17 May 1996 08:42:59 +0200 (MET DST), Thomas Sparrevohn
>> <staff@kyklopen.ping.dk> said:

  TS> On Thu, 16 May 1996, Nate Williams wrote:
  >> 
  >> Hmm, it works fine under -stable with 2.6.3.
  >> 

  TS> But unfortunately our gcc gives an internal error when it compiles the
  TS> following program with "-O" and "-O2" but not "-O3" and with out
  TS> optimizations:

  TS> /*
  TS>  * Compilation of the following program with gcc -O (v2.6.3 on FreeBSD 2.1.0)
  TS>  * and (v2.6.3 current) yields:
  TS>  *
  TS>  * gcc: Internal compiler error: program cc1 got fatal signal 10
  TS>  *
  TS>  */

There have been more bugs that appear with -O, but not with -O3.

By the way, pgcc (2.7.2.9) does not cause an internal compiler error,
and generates correct code (tested by using create_light() in a little
program).

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