[PATCH util-macros 1/2] Don't disable strict aliasing (-fno-strict-aliasing) globally

Gaetan Nadon memsize at videotron.ca
Mon Nov 1 13:02:56 PDT 2010


On Mon, 2010-11-01 at 15:59 -0400, Gaetan Nadon wrote:

> > 1) It is *NOT* a warning flag.  Using CWARNFLAGS should *only*
> > enable warnings, not change the resulting assembly.
> > 
> > 2) It was never intended to be in all of the modules.  It landed
> > there by accident when the code was copy/pasted from one
> > configure.ac to another and then into util-macros.
> > 
> > 3) Performance gains are not in consideration here.
> > 
> 
> I totally agree, but it does not justify simply removing the offending
> flag as if it had never existed. It does have an impact on the
> binaries, some modules need it, other don't, but we don't know which
> ones for sure. That's my understanding, I could be wrong.
> 


Sorry I missed your latest post, came late. I'll get back to you.

Thanks
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