Subject: G++ 2.5.x reported dangerous for x < 5
To: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu
Date: Fri, 10 Dec 93 16:56:34 MST
From: David D. Jenkins <ddjenkin AT acs DOT ucalgary DOT ca>

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Please excuse me if this message has been seen before, but I
received no echo of it from the mailing list and saw no reply to
it, either.  Luckily, I am self-confident enough to deem it worth
reading. :-)


In the latest FAQ for g++, Joe Buck <jbuck AT synopsis DOT com> writes:


   The latest "2.x" version of gcc/g++ is 2.5.5, released November 27,
1993.  The latest version of libg++ is 2.5.1, released November 4, 1993.
Don't use 2.5.x, with x less than 5, for C++ code; there were some
serious bugs that didn't have easy workarounds.


Does this mean that the long-awaited g++-2.5.4-based 1.11 version of
DJGPP is crippled in some way?  If so, can it compile g++ version
2.5.5 and create an executable that works under go32 version 1.11?
Should we do this anyway?

In my opinion, the ability to handle most interrupts finally makes
DJGPP generally useful for MS-DOS development, and I have been quite
eager to see how DJ did it.  I would not like to have downloaded all
those huge files from Oak for nothing.

David D. Jenkins
ddjenkin AT acs DOT ucalgary DOT ca

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