> Being in stage 3 shouldn't stop us trying to fix bugs in the compiler: > we're not in the final run-up to a release yet (that could still be five > months away if history is anything to go by). It should just be a > clamp-down on major new functionality.
But Richard's proposed change wasn't really a bugfix (he also proposed a bugfix which should be applied of course) but rather a cleanup. As the ongoing story shows, this is a delicate area so, if we are to clean things up here at this stage, the level of testing should at least be adjusted. -- Eric Botcazou
