Hi Ian, thanks a lot for your help. I wonder how you figured out what's the first version of gcc that supports no-attributes, and similarly, how did you find out that cleanup works in 3.4.3? Reading the on-line manuals doesn't really provide such information. Did you look at the gcc logs? Thanks again, Chris On Tue, May 8, 2012 at 9:57 PM, Ian Lance Taylor <iant@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Christian Sasso <christian.sasso@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > >> I developed some C code that makes use of the 'cleanup' attribute: I >> tested it with gcc 4.3.2 on an x86 based processor running in 32 bit >> mode, and it works great. >> >> I am now told that such code should also compile using gcc 3.4.3 >> targeting a PowerPC processor running either in 32 or 64 bit mode: >> would such combination work? If not, what would be the oldest version >> of the compiler that does reliably support the cleanup attribute >> targeting PowerPC processors? Would I need to enable/disable any >> special compiler flags for better results? Thanks a lot for all the >> information you can provide me. > > The cleanup attribute should work fine in GCC 3.4.3. It should also > work fine for PPC--the attribute is target independent. No special > flags should be required. > >> One last question: what is the oldest version of gcc that reliably >> supports the no-attributes flag (I noticed that gcc 3.4.3 doesn't >> recognize it)? > > The -Wno-attributes option was added in GCC 4.1. > > Ian
