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Re: Reporting bugs: there is nothing to gain in frustrating reporters
Vincent Lefevre <vincent+gcc@vinc17.org> writes:
| 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").
Now that you have equated GCC developers to liars, are you willing to
improve over the situation?
-- Gaby