Re: ublas and gcc (was: Re: [boost] Re: Compiler status for GCC 3.3)

From: Joerg Walter (jhr.walter_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-08-10 22:42:14

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From: "Gabriel Dos Reis" <gdr_at_[hidden]>
To: "Boost mailing list" <boost_at_[hidden]>
Sent: Monday, August 11, 2003 1:02 AM
Subject: Re: ublas and gcc (was: Re: [boost] Re: Compiler status for GCC
3.3)

> jhr.walter_at_[hidden] (Joerg Walter) writes:
>
> [...]
>
> | > This whole thing (-fabi-version) is messy.  It is what one gets by
> | > taking users for beta testers ;-)
> |
> | That's not the whole story. When testing with GCC 3.3.1 prerelease I
noticed
> | that setting -fabi-version isn't necessary anymore. So I filed a bug
report
> | http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11812, which immediately got
> | closed ;-). The subsequent discussion at
> | http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11105 leads me to believe
that
> | GCC 3.3 was too conservative w.r.t. ABI compatibility.
> |
> | Due to this and the fact that there's been another bug in GCC 3.3
> | (http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11198) which manifests when
> | using ublas, I tend to advise against using GCC 3.3 for ublas.
>
> GCC-3.3 is GCC-3.3.0 in disguise and I tend to refrain myself from
> using .0 releases outside of experimental works :-).
>
> More seriously, did you have a chance to test GCC-3.3.1?

Yes, GCC 3.3.1 works OK for me.

Thanks,
Joerg