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Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2001 12:20:14 -0400
From: Christopher Faylor <cgf AT redhat DOT com>
To: Danny Smith <danny_r_smith_2001 AT yahoo DOT co DOT nz>
Cc: cygwin-apps AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Re: Fwd: Re: [Refresh]: patch for C++ parser bug with function attributes
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On Fri, Sep 21, 2001 at 12:49:50PM +1000, Danny Smith wrote:
> --- "Joseph S. Myers" <jsm28 AT cam DOT ac DOT uk> wrote: > Date: Fri, 21 Sep
>2001 02:34:52 +0100 (BST)
>> From: "Joseph S. Myers" <jsm28 AT cam DOT ac DOT uk>
>> To: Danny Smith <danny_r_smith_2001 AT yahoo DOT co DOT nz>
>> CC: GCC Patches <gcc-patches AT gcc DOT gnu DOT org>
>> Subject: Re: [Refresh]: patch for C++ parser bug with function
>> attributes
>> 
>> On Wed, 5 Sep 2001, Danny Smith wrote:
>> 
>> > This refreshes  Bob Wilson's patch 
>> > http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2001-01/msg01751.html
>> > which I quote:
>> > 
>> > <begin quote>
>> > 
>> > The attached GCC patch fixes a previously reported problem with
>> > function
>> > attributes (see
>> http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-bugs/1999-07/msg00835.html). 
>> 
>> I hope this problem is now fixed on the mainline with my table-driven
>> attributes patch.  Could you test this?
>> 
>> If it is fixed, could you produce a minimal testcase for the problem
>> (fails before, passes now) that is suitable to go in the GCC
>> testsuite?
>> 
>> -- 
>> Joseph S. Myers
>> jsm28 AT cam DOT ac DOT uk
>>  
>
>Joseph's patch is here:
>http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2001-09/msg00774.html
>
>I will start on this. Any interest in backport to 3.0.1, or should I
>just target 3.1?  I'm hoping it may solve some of the other attribute
>problems (stdcall and dllimport) in C++ classes with 3.0.1. 

Do you know what the release target date for 3.1 might be?  Isn't it
pretty far in the future?

It would be nice to have a fully operational 3.x version of gcc for
windows, though.

cgf