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Re: Reporting bugs: there is nothing to gain in frustrating reporters


On 2005-06-19 15:54:20 +0200, Gabriel Dos Reis wrote:
> Vincent Lefevre <vincent+gcc@vinc17.org> writes:
> | Yes, and if GCC developers think it is better to lie concerning the
> | C standard comformance, this could be acceptable when such an option
> | is given, but this should be clearly documented. According to the man
> | page, this just means that the source is to be seen as C99 (what "the
> | compiler accepts").
> 
> Now that you have equated GCC developers to liars, are you willing to
> improve over the situation?

I haven't said that. Sorry if I wasn't clear enough. I meant that
the gcc implementation lies about C standard comformance, and
showed an example. Concerning the documentation, I'll put that
on my todo list (now that I know a little more about what gcc
does and when). You can see I've already posted comments on the
documentation:

  http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14708

But I'm not a GCC developer and doesn't know the GCC internals
(I can just see the effects). So, producing a correct documentation
could be a bit difficult for me.

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