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Re: [C++0x PATCH] Remove auto as a storage class specifier

From: "Andrew Pinski" <pinskia at gmail dot com>
To: "Doug Gregor" <doug dot gregor at gmail dot com>
Cc: "gcc-patches List" <gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org>
Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2008 14:22:55 -0800
Subject: Re: [C++0x PATCH] Remove auto as a storage class specifier
References: <24b520d20802281347y38351b34i8a2cabd61d6c6e26@mail.gmail.com> <de8d50360802281352h640ebeb6oe271377f82eb8ccd@mail.gmail.com> <24b520d20802281420k6c570f6n10cc83589dce4ab8@mail.gmail.com>

On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 2:20 PM, Doug Gregor <doug.gregor@gmail.com> wrote:
>   http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2007/n2337.pdf
>
>  Basically, the use of "auto" as a storage specifier is pretty rare,
>  and conflicts with the new meaning of "auto" in C++0x.

So what if it is rare, it is breaking backwards compatibility even
more.  They should have used a new keyword instead but then again they
know best, at least we hope they do.

-- Pinski

References:
- [C++0x PATCH] Remove auto as a storage class specifier
  - From: Doug Gregor
- Re: [C++0x PATCH] Remove auto as a storage class specifier
  - From: Andrew Pinski
- Re: [C++0x PATCH] Remove auto as a storage class specifier
  - From: Doug Gregor

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