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From: Marc Lehmann <pcg AT goof DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Optimizations when compiling the compiler.
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On Wed, Sep 02, 1998 at 08:13:29PM -0500, Steve Snyder wrote:
> In a recent message it was noted that the most dramatic improvements to
> Pentium-optimized code require the -O5 and -O6 switches.  This make me
> wonder:  what optimization setting were used in testing the pgcc 1.1
> release candidates?
> 
> I spend a *lot* of time running my C compiler, so naturally I want it to
> run as fast as possible.  Also, naturally, I want the compiler to be
> stable.  I get enough instability in my own code.  :-)
> 
> So... how risky is it for me to compile pgcc 1.1a with itself, using the
> -O5 or -O6 optimization switches?  That is, how much would I be reducing 
> the dependability of compiler, as opposed to building it with itself at an 
> optimization level of -O3 or -O4?

I've run, for years, an -O6 -fno-omit-frame-pointer optimized version, until
I forgot about it.

then it bite me, sicne then, I compile pgcc with -V2.7.2 -O2. I also don't
support compilers compiled with -O6, the chance of them being broken
(undebuggable..) is too high.

I believe it should be quite safe to use -O6 on pgcc in the 1.0/1.1
releases, but don't count on that...

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