Thanks for the quick answer. > That's just the way it works, so I suppose you could call it a feature.
So the answer to (1) is yes and to (2) it is a poorly documented feature. May be the restriction to one dg-do directive should be added to http://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/HowToPrepareATestcase . In gcc/testsuite/* I have found 27 instances of such double directives most of the in the powerpc tests (gcc.target/powerpc/altivec*). I can provide a list if it helps. > ... We have much better ways in > local test directives to skip and xfail tests for different targets. Could you elaborate please? AFAIU skip or xfail do not allow to do what was intended in the gcc.target/powerpc/altivec* cases for instance: run for powerpc*-*-* && vmx_hw and compile for powerpc*-*-* && { ! vmx_hw }. Dominique
