GCC 3.2.1 released [LWN.net]

Version 3.2.1 of GCC, the GNU Compiler Collection, has been announced.

The release is mainly intended to fix a number of bugs. The changes include:

a new header directory search method.
removal of the "Naming Types" extension.
improvements to the IA-32 target code.
improvements to the x86-64 target code.

The final release notes contain a detailed list of bug fixes that are associated with this release.

From the release notes: "3.2.1 adds a new warning, -Wabi. This option warns when GNU C++ generates code that is known not to be binary-compatible with the vendor-neutral ia32/ia64 ABI. Please consult the GCC manual, included in the distribution, for details."

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