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Re: Candidate fix for PR c/7353
- From: "Joseph S. Myers" <jsm28 at cam dot ac dot uk>
- To: Zack Weinberg <zack at codesourcery dot com>
- Cc: Richard Henderson <rth at redhat dot com>, <gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org>
- Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2002 09:09:06 +0100 (BST)
- Subject: Re: Candidate fix for PR c/7353
On Mon, 7 Oct 2002, Zack Weinberg wrote:
> It's a documented extension, so we might want to deprecate it for a
> release before making it go away, but since it's been broken since 3.0
> and only one person has complained, I certainly wouldn't object to
> killing it immediately.
>
> Here's a patch to eliminate it altogether, so all alternatives will be
> on the table. (Note that C++ generates three error messages for the
> construct with this patch, which is overkill IMO.)
You need testcases (C and C++) for removal of this feature and an entry in
the 3.3 release notes - but removing it now without a deprecation period
is OK by me (if the Release Manager approves it for this development
stage).
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Joseph S. Myers
jsm28@cam.ac.uk