From: Nate Eldredge <neldredge AT hmc DOT edu>
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Subject: Re: inefficiency of GCC output code & -O problem
Date: 10 Apr 2000 22:38:01 -0700
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"Alexei A. Frounze" <alex DOT fru AT mtu-net DOT ru> writes:

> > > an error encounters:
> > > "Error: Error: Missing ')' assumed"
> > > "Error: Error: Ignoring junk `(%ebp))' after expression")?
> > > W/o the -O2 switch it's compiled fine. Isn't it a little bit strange?
> >
> >  Can you show a small example? I guess that's an error in your
> > inline assembler code, but I can't know without the actual code.
> 
> 21KB of a C file that depends on 3 other modules. :)) I'll try. But
> I don't know what's wrong, since it _is_ compiled normally w/o -O
> switch. Strange thingy.

Probably just the function that causes the error is sufficient.  It
doesn't have to be a complete program, just a valid source file.

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Nate Eldredge
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