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Re: Null pointer check elimination
On Wed, Nov 16, 2005 at 09:15:33PM +0100, Gabriel Dos Reis wrote:
> Richard Henderson <rth@redhat.com> writes:
>
> | On Sat, Nov 12, 2005 at 09:57:10PM +0100, Gabriel Dos Reis wrote:
> | > | http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2004-08/msg01463.html
> | >
> | > That simply means GCC got it wrong.
> |
> | The world is not all C++, Gaby.
>
> But that wasn't the point.
While not all the world is C++, GCC should be able to correctly represent
the constraints on C++ references, in a way that's general enough for use
in other languages. I think this discussion has already produced some
progress on that front.