RE: [ros-dev] RBuild woes...

[Casper Hornstrup]

>   -----Original Message-----
>  From: ros-dev-bounces(a)reactos.com [mailto:[e-mail]] On Behalf Of Alex
> Ionescu
>  Sent: 28. maj 2005 22:25
>  To: ReactOS Development List
>  Subject: Re: [ros-dev] RBuild woes...
>  
>  Casper Hornstrup wrote:
>  
>  I'm sure Thomas will come screaming when he sees this :)
>  
>  I don't use it myself, but because of gcc's stupidity, it does not
>  detect uninitialized variables unless you optimize. What this means is
>  that we're all merrily working on DBG = 1, and when it's release time,
>  optimizations are turned on and everything breaks because uninitialized
>  variables are detected. Plus, it's actually a good thing to find them,
>  because it makes finding bugs easier. So OPTIMIZED was created to allow
>  -Os to be used even if it's a debug build, so that such errors can be
>  detected.
>  
>  So it's actually a source of eliminiating build errors. But, personally,
>  I don't use it, and only Thomas begged me for it...
>  
>  Best regards,
>  Alex Ionescu 
So always build with optimization.

Casper