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Re: Reporting bugs: there is nothing to gain in frustrating reporters
On 2005-06-19 11:17:47 +0100, Haren Visavadia wrote:
> --- Gabriel Dos Reis wrote:
> > Vincent Lefevre writes:
> >
> > | Other solutions that would fix the bug (but not
> > ultimate solutions):
> > | 1) Do not claim that gcc is a conforming ISO C
> > implementation.
> >
> > As far as I can see, there is no such claim.
>
> It's implied when using -std=c99
Yes, and if GCC developers think it is better to lie concerning the
C standard comformance, this could be acceptable when such an option
is given, but this should be clearly documented. According to the man
page, this just means that the source is to be seen as C99 (what "the
compiler accepts").
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