[Info-vax] Whither VMS?

[Bob Eager]

On Wed, 07 Oct 2009 07:12:35 +0000, glen herrmannsfeldt wrote:

> Bob Eager <rde42 at spamcop.net> wrote:
>> On Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:43:44 +0000, glen herrmannsfeldt wrote:
> (snip regarding C str... functions)
>  
>>> Many compilers now generate those functions inline, without calling an
>>> actual function.  That would only be true for the ones actually
>>> implemented, such as strcat and memcpy, but they reserved them all to
>>> allow for future additions.
>  
>>> If you try to write your own strcat, it is likely on current compilers
>>> never to be called.
> 
>> I'd be interested to know which compilers. Can you cite some examples,
>> please?
> 
> In just one test on one version of gcc, it seems to inline strcpy with
> -O1 or higher, but not for -O0, the default.

But not if you use -fno-builtin ...





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