Re: GPC for MinGW?

Robert Hartmann <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.compilers.gpc
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Hi there,

Am 19.06.2013 18:53, schrieb Waldek Hebisch:
>>
>> If it is possible to integrate GPC into an actual MinGW-based GCC4 port,
>> I like to get some hint.
>>
>> I would like to build in Msys (Windows XP),
>> but if it easyer to build under Linux, well then I hope I could do it with
>> Knoppix-Live-DVD.
>
> I did not try, but you should have no extra problem due to MinGW.
> My impresion was that in the past The Chief reported successful build
> of Mingw version based on GCC4.  Note:
>
> - currently using gcc newer than 4.3.x requires serious
>    developement work
> - 4.3.x works only if you use '--disable-mapped-location' argument
> - code for 4.2.x and 4.3.x is inly in github:
>
> https://github.com/hebisch/gpc
>
> Code for gcc 4.1.x is in the gpc-20070904.tar.bz2 tarball.


Thank you for the pointer.


>
> - There are known testsuite failures when using gcc-4.x backends.
>    Since 4.x backends got less use than 3.x one can expect
>    unknown problems.  Also, 4.x backends optimize much more
>    agressively than 3.x.  Consequently, wrong programs which
>    worked "by accident" with 3.x are likely to be broken
>    by 4.x.
>

This point I don't get. Do you mean parts of the pascal compiler
with "accidently working" wrong programs?

Best regards,
Robert



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