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Re: RFC: New C++ Attribute: final
- From: Alexandre Oliva <aoliva at redhat dot com>
- To: Joe Buck <Joe dot Buck at synopsys dot COM>
- Cc: Matt Austern <austern at apple dot com>, Kevin Atkinson <kevina at gnu dot org>, gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: 02 Mar 2004 21:30:01 -0300
- Subject: Re: RFC: New C++ Attribute: final
- Organization: Red Hat Global Engineering Services Compiler Team
- References: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0402282125070.30657-100000@kevin-p3.atkinson.dhs.org><3335D13F-6C8C-11D8-A180-000A95BCF344@apple.com><20040302151010.A10198@synopsys.com>
On Mar 2, 2004, Joe Buck <Joe.Buck@synopsys.COM> wrote:
> So we need to strike a balance.
How about: experimental extensions must only be enabled if a certain
flag is given in the command line? Like that of signatures, just to
mention an example of an extension that didn't go forward. Then we
still serve as a testbed, but we don't have backward-compatibility
issues to worry about.
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