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Re: warn about deprecated access declarations
Jonathan Wakely <jwakely.gcc@gmail.com> writes:
>>>> How about "...; suggest adding the using keyword"?
>>>
>>> That sounds like the compiler is suggesting that the user suggests
>>> doing that!
>>
>> It is similar to "suggest parentheses ...".
>
> Good point, that's not correct English either, but it would be consistent.
>
> ("Suggest X" is an imperative, telling the user to suggest X. The
> intention is for the compiler to suggest it, not tell the user to
> suggest it, so the correct grammar would be "GCC suggests X".)
How about "; suggestion: use parentheses" or "; suggestion: add the
`using' keyword" (using whatever convention for quoting code).
-miles
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