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Re: [PATCH] c-cppbuiltin.c bits for libstdc++/31518

From: "Andrew Pinski" <pinskia at gmail dot com>
To: "Paolo Carlini" <pcarlini at suse dot de>
Cc: gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org
Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2007 10:59:05 -0700
Subject: Re: [PATCH] c-cppbuiltin.c bits for libstdc++/31518
References: <46893790.5050408@suse.de> <de8d50360707021045o2dbd08b2qaa43faa6a4d214c7@mail.gmail.com> <46893C10.5000303@suse.de>

On 7/2/07, Paolo Carlini <pcarlini@suse.de> wrote:

> I think it is wrong to have this as a macro defined by the compiler.

Why, exactly?


Because people would abuse it.  It is not like libstdc++ can't use an
env variable to see what the length is requested at runtime rather
than at compile time.  Since the errors are being emitted at runtime.

-- Pinski

Follow-Ups:
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References:
- [PATCH] c-cppbuiltin.c bits for libstdc++/31518
  - From: Paolo Carlini
- Re: [PATCH] c-cppbuiltin.c bits for libstdc++/31518
  - From: Andrew Pinski
- Re: [PATCH] c-cppbuiltin.c bits for libstdc++/31518
  - From: Paolo Carlini

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