[NTLUG:Discuss] (Sigh) more on gcc 3.0

[Steve Baker]

Chris Cox wrote:
> 
> >From the KDE 2.2 announcement today:
> 
> Note: gcc 3.0 is not recommended for compilation of KDE 2.2. There
> are several known miscompilations of production C++ code with this
> compiler, like i.e. virtual inheritance which is used for example in arts.
> We know that you will experience a lot of runtime difficulties when you
> compile with gcc 3.0, so using this particular compiler version is at your
> own risk, and please do not report bugs to us if you use this compiler.
> The problems are mostly known and we're working with the gcc team
> to get them fixed.
> 
> I think it's kind of funny that the whole reason that RedHat
> jumped the gun with 2.96 was because the C++ compiler was better....
> maybe this problem is only in 3.0 and not 2.96??  Interesting
> none the less.

Well, I'm certainly getting more complaints about my software not
working under 3.0 than I ever got under 2.96...but that may be
a reflection of a different user community.  RedHat 7.x users who
failed to get (say) TuxKart to run may just have shrugged and got
on with life - where the enthusiastic bleeding-edge early adopters
of 3.0 may be (by nature) more inclined to report bugs.

Dunno - but there sure are a bunch of problems in the C++ side of
GCC 3.0.

I'm certainly not about to upgrade.

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