[Bug libstdc++/15910] can't compile self defined void distance(std::vector<T>, std::vector<T>)

["adah at netstd dot com" <gcc-bugzilla at gcc dot gnu dot org>]

------- Additional Comments From adah at netstd dot com  2005-08-09 01:45 -------
(In reply to comment #59)
> Subject: Re:  can't compile self defined void distance(std::vector<T>, 
std::vector<T>)
> "adah at netstd dot com" <gcc-bugzilla@gcc.gnu.org> writes:
> | Does a compiler serve its users or the Standard committee?
> Answer: Does a compiler that does not implement the standard specification  
> serves its users?
> -- Gaby

Answer to answer: Does a compiler that implement a wrong specification in the 
Standard serves the users?

A bug in the Standard does not prevent a bug in the compiler from being a bug!

I am not requiring that GCC must fix the bug (I do not want to argue here 
endlessly as well), but I am dissatisfied that you do not think it a bug.  Just 
imagine the complete loss of an innocent user that happens to define a distance
(vector<...>,...) (`I can name my global functions as I like, or what is the 
purpose of the std namespace?'), when the error messages seem to show that the 
compiler is talking nonsense!

BTW, I do not think a common user has channels to talk to the Standard 
committee.  Compiler vendors have.

My opinion is that the bug should be `suspended' or `deferred', while 
displaying a more friendly error message should be added to the to-do list of 
GCC.

Best regards,

Yongwei


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