Marc-Andre Lemburg <m...@egenix.com> added the comment: Antoine Pitrou wrote: > > Antoine Pitrou <pit...@free.fr> added the comment: > >> gcc 4.4.2 on AMD processors ... >> http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=42621 > > So? Compilers have all kinds of optimization bugs, it's not our job to > have a compiler matrix with optimal flags per compiler.
No, but we do need to make sure that the casual user does not run into such issues by using the default compiler on a typical Unix system with Python default settings. An expert user can always use the right compiler... but then an expert can also use the configure option :-) gcc 4.4.2 is not exactly an old version of gcc. The perspective of (apparently) not having the patch in in Ubuntu 10.4 LTS's default compiler suggests that we do need be more careful about enabling the switch per default. > (well, you can of course maintain such a matrix if you want) > > For the record, I had an Athlon 64 machine until very recently, used it > with gcc 4.4.x and computed gotos were better than without. Perhaps someone can report whether this affects Ubuntu 10.4 LTS ?! ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue9203> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
