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[cschow@watson.ibm.com: Latest xlc compiler for AIX 3.2.5]
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Theodore Ts'o)
Mon Jul 11 16:34:46 1994
Date: Mon, 11 Jul 94 16:34:34 EDT
From: tytso@MIT.EDU (Theodore Ts'o)
To: rel-eng@MIT.EDU
FYI....
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Date: Mon, 11 Jul 94 15:41:09 EDT
From: cschow@watson.ibm.com
To: tytso@MIT.EDU
Subject: Latest xlc compiler for AIX 3.2.5
Ted:
The latest version of the AIX xlc compiler (v 1.3.0.18) fixed the
"-O" compiler optimization bug in compiling MIT DES code.
You can get the update by calling IBM Support (1-800-237-5511).
(Need a customer number to call the number.)
Best,
Chee-Seng
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The xlc 1.3 compiler under /afs/torolab/common/groups/xlc/1.3 has been
upgraded to 1.3.0.18.
The changes are:
xlc 1.3.0.18 -
APAR Description
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IX44435 A large number of case statements compiled with -O
may result in an internal compiler error.
IX44411 A for loop may end after 1st iteration with -O flag.
IX44845 With -O3, atof may return an incorrect value.
xlc 1.3.0.17 -
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IX44195 If a function is passed an automatic array of
structs (or unions) and the index contains either a postincrement or
postdecrement, an internal compiler error might result.
xlc 1.3.0.16 -
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IX44368 Object files and executables may be larger than
necessary if const static types are used.
--
George Shreve
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