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Re: Language Changes in Bug-fix Releases?
- From: Mark Mitchell <mark at codesourcery dot com>
- To: Richard dot Kreckel at ginac dot de
- Cc: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org, Matthias Klose <doko at debian dot org>
- Date: Fri, 02 Sep 2005 15:33:44 -0700
- Subject: Re: Language Changes in Bug-fix Releases?
- References: <Pine.LNX.4.33.0509022327400.6048-100000@higgs.physik.uni-mainz.de>
Richard B. Kreckel wrote:
Hi,
Since the creation of the GCC 4.0 branch back in February a number of
minor C++ language changes seem to have slipped in.
It's certainly not our intent to include such changes for their own
sake. However, such changes to occur, usually in the course of fixing a
regression of some kind. If the code in question is actually invald, as
in your examples, then, no we do not worry about that. Trying to fix
regressions while simultaneously preserving buggy, undocumented behavior
is simply too hard. If you require the full behavior of a particular
GCC release (including both its strengths and its weaknesses), then the
only practical choice is to carry around that your release yourself.
Regards,
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