gcc 4.3: when will it become standard compiler?

[Svein Skogen (List Mail Account)]

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Christoph Mallon wrote:
> O. Hartmann schrieb:
>> When will gcc 4.3 incorporated in FreeBSD 8 and become the standard
>> compiler suite? We figured out that gcc 4.3 does have a speed gain in
>> some numerical code of 3 - 8 % and I guess we can use this in the basic
>> OS as well ...
> 
> Number crunching has a totally different execution profile than basic
> operating system services. Gains in one area cannot simply be
> transferred to the other.

Would it be possible, as a "workaround" to have "system-CC" and
"ports-CC" defined in make.conf, making one CC the compiler for /usr/src
and another for ports, or would this just create debugging nightmares?

//Svein
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