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Re: Compiling GCC with g++: a report
Gabriel Dos Reis <gdr@integrable-solutions.net> writes:
> But we do not get any expressive power by using C++ keywords.
Readability, readability, readability.
(for instance, 'class' vs. 'klass' - I can read decimal orders of
magnitude faster if all the English words in what I'm reading are
correctly spelled)
> That is an extreme statement.
*shrug* That's what would make it worthwhile to me.
> Furthermore, the benefits are not just what bugs we can catch right
> now, but how we make it possible to build free software based on
> GCC, and encourage more contributions.
The YAGNI principle applies, in my opinion.
> | (And I'd be less grumpy about coding to the intersection of C and
> | C++ if someone coded up warnings for the C compiler to catch
> | things outside the intersection.)
>
> Consider that to be a follow-up that I'm willing to do, if these
> preliminary patches are in.
Thank you, I appreciate that.
zw