Re: c++/3385: -std=foo doesn't work with C++

[Gabriel Dos Reis <Gabriel dot Dos-Reis at cmla dot ens-cachan dot fr>]

The following reply was made to PR c++/3385; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Gabriel Dos Reis <Gabriel.Dos-Reis@cmla.ens-cachan.fr>
To: "Joseph S. Myers" <jsm28@cam.ac.uk>
Cc: Neil Booth <neil@daikokuya.demon.co.uk>,
   Daniel Elstner <daniel.elstner@gmx.net>, <gcc-gnats@gcc.gnu.org>,
   <gcc-bugs@gcc.gnu.org>
Subject: Re: c++/3385: -std=foo doesn't work with C++
Date: 23 Jun 2001 16:04:22 +0200

 "Joseph S. Myers" <jsm28@cam.ac.uk> writes:
 
 | On Sat, 23 Jun 2001, Neil Booth wrote:
 | 
 | > cpplib supports "-std=c++98", so we should stick with that.  I don't
 | > see the value in the really verbose forms.
 | 
 | For someone familiar with the C++ standard but not C++ culture/history, 
 | the iso14882:1998 form would be natural.  (Though if going literally by 
 | what appears on every page of the standard, it should be -std='ISO/IEC 
 | 14882:1998(E)'.)
 
 I think we should just draw the line somewhere and 'c++98' is
 fine. After all, the compiler recognizes switches it does recognize,
 and if the doc says 'c++98' is what turn on 'ISO/IEC 14882:1998' then
 that it is. 
 
 -- Gaby
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