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[Bug c/456] constant expressions constraints


------- Additional Comments From jsm at polyomino dot org dot uk  2004-01-28 13:10 -------
Subject: Re:  constant expressions constraints

On Wed, 28 Jan 2004, pinskia at gcc dot gnu dot org wrote:

>            What    |Removed                     |Added
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>    Target Milestone|---                         |3.5.0

Why?  I don't see any policies on milestones for nonregression unfixed
bugs, but I don't think this bug is a particularly good candidate for one,
given the lack of user demand and that this issue is so technical that GCC
has passed third-party C90 testsuites in the past despite this bug.  I
understand how to fix it (though part of doing so properly involves
preparing several DRs on the various obscurities and problems in C99 in
this area), but it is a large amount of work and doesn't seem a priority
at present compared to all the bugs that affect users.  I don't see how
this bug could possibly block 3.5 branching or releasing.  (If you have
some requirement for a compiler with no known C90-conformance issues,
that's another matter, but hardly a requirement for any given FSF GCC
release.)



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