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    SubjectRE: [PATCH v5 0/2] Remove false-positive VLAs when using max()
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    From: linus971@gmail.com [mailto:linus971@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Linus Torvalds
    > Sent: 18 March 2018 23:36
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    > Yeah, and since we're in the situation that *new* gcc versions work
    > for us anyway, and we only have issues with older gcc's (that sadly
    > people still use), even if there was a new cool feature we couldn't
    > use it.

    Is it necessary to have the full checks for old versions of gcc?

    Even -Wvla could be predicated on very recent gcc - since we aren't
    worried about whether gcc decides to generate a vla, but whether
    the source requests one.

    David

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