"Sohail Somani" <s.somani@fincad.com> wrote in message news:1C1EBEF8DBACDC439D038EA051674EC73EDF87@xbox.financialcad.com...
Hi, sorry for the TP.
I came across a post on the gcc mailing list today that says they are working on > some sort of link time optimization. Specifically, they said separately compiled > modules will no longer be safe from reordering. I don't know if there is a distinction between what you say here: "All of its "critical-sequences" are contained in externally assembled functions ( read all ) in order to prevent a rouge C compiler from reordering anything that would corrupt the data-structure" > and what is implied by the post.
Would a toolchain that provides link time rejigging possibly make this bomb at > > some point?
Well, that depends how how well the compiler in question supports the ability to turn this specific type of optimization on, or off... Humm... FWIW, here is what I have to say on the subject: http://groups.google.com/group/comp.programming.threads/msg/a8d7067bc1425ae1 http://groups.google.com/group/comp.programming.threads/msg/0afc1109d18c2991 http://groups.google.com/group/comp.programming.threads/msg/fd3b4b5a5cd7841e http://appcore.home.comcast.net/vzdoc/atomic/static-init/ (section 2...) Any thoughts? ;^)