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Re: Possible new[] regression in 3.4 WRT 3.3.[12]

From: Florian Weimer <fw at deneb dot enyo dot de>
To: David Daney <ddaney at avtrex dot com>
Cc: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2004 23:06:36 +0100
Subject: Re: Possible new[] regression in 3.4 WRT 3.3.[12]
References: <40313773.2060603@avtrex.com> <20040216215352.GA5625@deneb.enyo.de> <40313DC6.9090407@avtrex.com>

David Daney wrote:

> The problem is that I have existing code with the parentheses that 
> compiles fine under 3.3.1.

3.3 accepts many ill-formed programs, unfortunately.  GCC 3.4 has a new
C++ parser which is noticeably more conforming to the standard.

> Is it really the right-thing to make it fail under 3.4?

Well, it doesn't matter much if the change is made in GCC 3.4 or 3.5,
does it?  It has to be made one day, and some people will suddenly
notice that their programs are ill-formed. 8->

References:
- Possible new[] regression in 3.4 WRT 3.3.[12]
  - From: David Daney
- Re: Possible new[] regression in 3.4 WRT 3.3.[12]
  - From: Florian Weimer
- Re: Possible new[] regression in 3.4 WRT 3.3.[12]
  - From: David Daney

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