Re: Back branches vs. gcc 4.8.0

On Fri, Apr 5, 2013 at 9:45 PM, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> wrote:
> So I think this is not a compiler bug or an arms race. We just need to
> fix the code. So I'm in favor of backporting.

I can certainly see this argument. I understand Tom's point about an
arms race, but back-porting this doesn't feel terribly risky to me.
The thing is, if the arms race is escalating faster than we're
comfortable with, we can always opt opt at a later time; it's not as
if back-porting this fix now commits us irrevocably.

Then, too, I tend to think this is more our fault than gcc's - for a change.

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