[M3devel] Current version? (WAS: I don't know what changed, or when, but thanks!)

[Rodney M. Bates]

On 07/18/2013 12:14 PM, Hendrik Boom wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 12:43:17PM -0500, Rodney M. Bates wrote:
>>
>> If you are using the release compiler and debugger, I think most or
>> all of the regressions I referred to have happened since the release,
>> so using that compiler may give you pretty much all m3gdb function
>> as exists.  I don't remember adding much new function in a while.
>
> Just to be clear, by "the regressions since the release" do you mean
> problems that have appeaared since the release, or problems that have
> been fixed since the
> releases.
>

Yes, I meant regressions that first appeared since the release.

Not that there aren't heaps of bugs in m3gdb and its gcc-backend
support, in the release and the head.  I have probably a couple of
dozen handwritten sheets with to-do notes for m3gdb.  But there is
a lot that does work.

>>
>> It is possible however, to get the latest m3gdb from cvs head and compile
>> and use it along with any of various older compilers and libraries,
>> even PM3, EZM3, or, (gasp,) SRC M3.  I always try to make m3gdb remain
>> compatible with all the older compilers, whenever I add anything.
>
> I have to say, still maintaining compatibility with SRC M3 is amazing.
>
> -- hendrik
>