[ros-dev] RBuild woes...

[Casper Hornstrup]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ros-dev-bounces at reactos.com [mailto:ros-dev-bounces at reactos.com] 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