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Re: [c++ patch] (was Re: member templates and defaultparameter)
- To: pedwards at disaster dot jaj dot com
- Subject: Re: [c++ patch] (was Re: member templates and defaultparameter)
- From: Mark Mitchell <mark at codesourcery dot com>
- Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 08:06:34 -0800
- Cc: Gabriel dot Dos-Reis at cmla dot ens-cachan dot fr, tim at hollebeek dot com, nathan at codesourcery dot com, seefeld at sympatico dot ca, gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org
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- References: <20010326024810.A27731@disaster.jaj.com>
>>>>> "Phil" == Phil Edwards <pedwards@disaster.jaj.com> writes:
Phil> Gaaaah. Okay, anyone-but-Gaby: why is this? :-) I can
Phil> understand such a rule in the parts that must be buildable
Phil> by any compiler made since the Epoch, but in the non-C
Phil> front-ends?
I wavered on this.
I think the key point is that everything *might* become part of the C
frnot-end some point. Especially things in the C++ front-end.
Especially since the new C++ parser may just happen to understand C as
well...
Now, GDB did switch to ANSI/ISO C at some point; we *could* decide
that we don't need to support K&R host compilers any more. But,
that's a whole 'nother can of worms.
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Mark Mitchell mark@codesourcery.com
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