Re: ATOK messed up after XF86-4.0.2 upgrade

[Christopher SEKIYA <wileyc@example.com>]

On Fri, Mar 23, 2001 at 07:48:55AM +0000, Neil Booth wrote:

> With -O1 or higher, all the string functions become some godawful
> 1000-or-so token macro expansion.

... as demonstrated by nsswitch.c -- gcc prior to 2.95 flat-out refused to
compile that little bit of glibc with -fPIC _and_ -On (n > 0) ...

> It's a bit out of control; IMO they should concentrate on a nice tight libc
> like those in *BSD.

Agreed, but it doesn't seem to be in keeping with the GNU philosophy.  It's
not stated anywhere, but GNU projects seem to expand to fill all possible
niches.  Emacs is a good example.

-- Chris