On Mon, 7 Oct 2002, Zack Weinberg wrote:
It's a documented extension, so we might want to deprecate it for a
release before making it go away, but since it's been broken since 3.0
and only one person has complained, I certainly wouldn't object to
killing it immediately.
Here's a patch to eliminate it altogether, so all alternatives will be
on the table. (Note that C++ generates three error messages for the
construct with this patch, which is overkill IMO.)
You need testcases (C and C++) for removal of this feature and an entry in
the 3.3 release notes - but removing it now without a deprecation period
is OK by me (if the Release Manager approves it for this development
stage).