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Re: C++ PATCH: Fix PR 13275
"Joseph S. Myers" <jsm@polyomino.org.uk> writes:
> On Tue, 16 Dec 2003, Jan Vroonhof wrote:
>
>> This built-in really is __force_constant_expression__
>
> Which is something Zack has specifically objected to in the past (in
> favour of a more specific __builtin_offsetof that does what it says, and
> any other extensions to constant expressions for particular cases being
> minimal, individually justified and documented); see the thread following
> from <http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2003-02/msg01008.html>.
"Objected" is too strong a word. "Would prefer __builtin_offsetof but
is open to demonstrations that this is too hard" is more accurate.
zw