Date: Mon, 8 Dec 1997 16:03:30 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Ruiter de M <mdruiter AT cs DOT vu DOT nl>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Pointer to ... and a question
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On 3 Dec 1997, Ruiter de M wrote:

> :        Optimize yet more.  `-O3' turns on all optimizations specified by
> :        `-O2' and also turns on the `inline-functions' option.
> 
> Yes, I knew this. But it doesn't say it is the *only* difference, does
> it? It explains that -O3 turns on all optimizations specified by -O2,
> and that it also turns on the -finline-functions option, but it might
> not be the only difference. Or am I being too suspicious?

IMHO, you *are* too suspicious.  The docs explicitly says which
individual optimizations -O1 and -O2 switches turn on.  Then the docs
tells you that -O3 is like -O2 plus -finline-functions.  Isn't it
obvious that this is *all* -O3 adds?  This is software docs, not a
legal document, you know!