From:	"John Carter" <ECE AT dwaf-hri DOT pwv DOT gov DOT za>
Organization:	Dpt Water Affairs & Forestry (IWQS)
To:	djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu
Date:	Mon, 15 Jan 1996 15:40:26 +0200
Subject:	Re: 2.7.2 for v2 ?

Hmm,

Scanning through the last couple of weeks of DJGPP messages I 
conclude that Infernal compiler errors are quite common for 
DJGPP Beta 4 - GCC 2.7.1.

I have been trying to isolate the cause and have found it to be a 
moving target. 

Examples of what I mean... I have been working with a largish suite 
of programs that compiled just fine under GCC 2.6.3 & DJGPP V1m4...
 1) Switching off the -Wall and sundry other warnings 
    allowed me to compile some of my problem files successfully, 
    but didn't get past all the Infernal errors.
 2) Commenting out some code seems to shift the Infernal error to 
    lower down in the code.

Hypothesis :- This is a size problem. Somehow GCC 2.7.1 can't stomach 
all the levels of templates I'm throwing at it or it is running out 
of memory or something.

Any suggestions anyone. Anybody managed to corner this bug yet?

PS : GCC 2.7.1 is much better at picking up bugs in my programmming, 
so I wouldn't like to be forced backwards. The DJGPP V2 distribution 
is much more polished and easy to use. Good stuff Guys. Thanks.

John Carter
Institute for Water Quality Studies. Department of Water Affairs.
Internet : ece AT dwaf-hri DOT pwv DOT gov DOT za  Phone    : 27-12-808-0374x194      
Fax : 27-12-808-0338 [Host for Afwater list server]

Founder of the Council for Unnatural Scientists.

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