Re: typedef vs. typename confusion

[Noel Yap <nyap at garban dot com>]

Jason Merrill wrote:
> 
> >>>>> Noel Yap <nyap@garban.com> writes:
> 
> > Joe Buck wrote:
> >> Rigorous enforcement of the "typename" rule will break a lot of old code.
> 
> > If this is so, then a compiler switch should be provided to emulate the
> > older behaviour.  The default should anally conform to the standard.
> 
> If you want an anal-retentive compiler, feel free to use -pedantic, don't
> try to impose it on others.

I think it's the other way around.  Why allow people to unknowingly
write sloppy code.  If they want to write non-compliant code, they
should know it's non-compliant and, therefore, should be the ones to
specify a flag.

Noel