Re: [avr-gcc-list] binutils/.../testsuite/avr

[Klaus Rudolph]

Hi all,

> On the other hand, binutils and gcc just spit out a file. As such, there
> should be no need for a simulator for the most part. It's just a matter
> of compiling or assembling a chunk of code and then comparing the output
> to some expected result. The output used for the compare could either be
> the raw intermediate asm file for a C code fragment or possibly a
> disassemle of the object file.
>  
I think that is ok for assembler but never for C/C++. If you change 
something in gcc maybe a better optimizer
the code is valid but the comparisson against a older file is not ok. So 
a simulation is needed
to check that the code *do* the same and not *look* the same. :-)

Bye
  Klaus