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Re: Converting GCC to compilation with C++
- From: Eric Botcazou <ebotcazou at libertysurf dot fr>
- To: gdr at acm dot org
- Cc: "Dave Korn" <dk at artimi dot com>,gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2004 14:54:19 +0200
- Subject: Re: Converting GCC to compilation with C++
- References: <40F3B4CC.9080002@chatta.us> <NUTMEGiixjnzi95HfqR00000830@NUTMEG.CAM.ARTIMI.COM> <32932.::ffff:24.250.169.187.1089720072.squirrel@webmail.nerim.net>
> Templates, overloading and multiple inheritance work for me and
> all other programmers I know of or have met.
But they are painful to untangle when you are chasing a compiler bug.
I would not want to have this additional burden when debugging a bootstrap
failure for example. This argument was initially made by Andrew IIRC.
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Eric Botcazou