On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 16:51, Richard Henderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> If the version of GCC being used isn't compatible with the version of the IL > in the object file, we can just fall back on the final code. Fair enough. But this could be provided via a flag to optionally emit final code. The more common scenario is likely to be hermetic builds that use the same compiler throughout. Duplicating code generation for *every* build seems too wasteful to make it the compiler's default behaviour. Packaging IL-only files to be optimized during deployment could be an attractive feature. We probably don't want to make strong guarantees on the compatibility of the IL format, but in time we could probably get to the point where we can allow minor versions to be interchangeable. Diego.
