Re: Should gcc use the -pipe option by default?

[Mo DeJong]

On 4 Jul 2000, Alexandre Oliva wrote:

> On Jul  4, 2000, Mo DeJong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> > If it makes the build go faster for 99% of the folks out there, we
> > should use it.
> 
> Does it?  I really don't know.  Taking your argument further, why
> shouldn't -pipe be the default in GCC when it is supported?  This
> wouldn't require any changes in autoconf.

That seems like a good question to post to a gcc list. Perhaps
this will be added to gcc 3.0. That still does not help all
the folks running onlder versions of gcc. This change would
need to be added to autoconf if it were to do any good in
the next couple of years.

Mo DeJong
Red Hat Inc