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Re: GCC's statement expression extension
- To: meissner at cygnus dot com
- Subject: Re: GCC's statement expression extension
- From: kenner at vlsi1 dot ultra dot nyu dot edu (Richard Kenner)
- Date: Thu, 27 Jul 00 21:37:11 EDT
- Cc: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
Speaking for the users, I would argue that removal of statement
expressions, even in C++ only, is a supremely bad idea. I would
hesitate to guess how many people use these features right now, but I
would be willing to bet it more than the people reading this mailing
list. Misdesigned or not, it is an incredibly useful feature, and
people use it. Even if there are better ways of doing it, won't
change all of the extant code out in the world.
I *strongly* agree