[Sussex] gcc 4

[Mike Diack]

Incidentally does anyone else use splint and/or PCLint?
I can't recommend either product (esp. PCLint) highly enough (sadly it is 
not free software tho - but is ABSOLUTELY brilliant)
(See www.gimpel.com)

Mike
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Geoffrey J Teale" <tealeg at member.fsf.org>
To: "LUG email list for the Sussex Counties" <sussex at mailman.lug.org.uk>
Sent: Friday, March 18, 2005 10:09 AM
Subject: Re: [Sussex] gcc 4


> "Mike Diack" <mike_diack at hotmail.com> writes:
>
>> Geoff - what is the really good stuff like in GCC 4 - am not talking
>> about performance etc, but the warnings etc.
>> I've heard great things about mudflap and other security/bugfinding
>> tools in it, are they as great as they sound?
>
> TO be honest Mike, I haven't had time to look in depth - I just
> happened to have a C++ performance testing suite kicking around from
> comparing GCC to Intel's compiler.
>
> Mudflap does sound great and a sensible way forward.  Transparently
> adding code always makes me a little nervous though (is it going to work
> without introducing bugs?).  I also assume this will have an adverse
> effect on compile times (though I've not tested that aspect at all)
> which would be a pain if it's a significant amount.
>
> For those who don't know what Mudflap is:
> http://gcc.fyxm.net/summit/2003/mudflap.pdf
>
> I will be using GCC 4 pretty heavily over the next couple of months so
> I'm sure
>
> I will report back on anything else I discover as and when I get there
> :-)
>
>
> -- 
> Geoff Teale
> Cmed Technology    || Free Software Foundation
> gteale at cmedltd.com || tealeg at member.fsf.org
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