On Nov 20, 2003, at 1:25 PM, Jonathan Stone wrote:

> True. But this was an incompatible change int he GCC dialect of C;
> while its a beneficial change for people who want FORTRAN-like
> optimization, its a Bloody Nightmare for mbuf-like code.

Uh, no it isn't!  As far as I am aware, GCC is perfectly within 
standard by using C99 rules in optimizations.

         -- Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@wasabisystems.com>