On: Testing GCC

[raverbashing]

Well, besides the big testing of compiling an entire linux distribution, yes, it is good to have specific tests for some particular issues in the compiler (manageable pass/fail tests that can identify a problem quickly)

[wumpus → raverbashing]

gcc has always had a huge unit test suite. Not a new thing.

[sanxiyn → wumpus]

gcc had a huge integration test suite, which is different from unit test suite.

[hermitdev → raverbashing]

Yeah...I got hit by a regression in a bug fix in RH's GCC back in the 4.1.2 era. The revision/build number only moved by a dozen or 2, but they completely broke C++ anonymous namespaces at global scope (caused an ICE). Glad I didn't let Ops upgrade all of my boxes at the same time like they wanted...