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Re: Deprecated features
- To: gdr at codesourcery dot com
- Subject: Re: Deprecated features
- From: Mark Mitchell <mark at codesourcery dot com>
- Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2001 08:08:21 -0800
- Cc: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Organization: CodeSourcery, LLC
- References: <flitmfnz12.fsf@sel.cmla.ens-cachan.fr><20010213231747E.mitchell@codesourcery.com><fly9v9lgie.fsf@sel.cmla.ens-cachan.fr>
>>>>> "Gabriel" == Gabriel Dos Reis <gdr@codesourcery.com> writes:
Gabriel> Mark, what should we do with bugs reported against
Gabriel> deprecated features? For example, prs-40 is about GCC's
Gabriel> extension of named return value which is a deprecated
Gabriel> feature. Should I mark it "low", or just dismiss it?
Good question!
If the bug represents a regression from GCC 2.95, mark it "high"
priority. Deprecated stuff is, sadly, still supported in GCC 3.0.
Other, simply close the bug. Add a note saying "this feature is
deprecated in GCC 3.0". Realistically, we're never going to fix this
stuff, so we might as well just blow it away.
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Mark Mitchell mark@codesourcery.com
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