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Re: Incorrect char extraction code
- To: Jason Merrill <jason at redhat dot com>
- Subject: Re: Incorrect char extraction code
- From: Phil Edwards <pedwards at disaster dot jaj dot com>
- Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2001 10:44:29 -0500
- Cc: "Rosen, Hyman" <Hyman dot Rosen at kbcfp dot com>, "'libstdc++ at gcc dot gnu dot org'" <libstdc++ at gcc dot gnu dot org>
- References: <415C10091CFFD21193A50060083606C601AE3526@msny2.nyc.kbcfp.com> <u9hf2igvqn.fsf@casey.cambridge.redhat.com> <20010205144816.B10346@disaster.jaj.com> <u9n1bzrk1j.fsf@casey.cambridge.redhat.com>
On Tue, Feb 06, 2001 at 01:57:28PM +0000, Jason Merrill wrote:
> >>>>> "Phil" == Phil Edwards <pedwards@disaster.jaj.com> writes:
>
> > Before I make that change... why *does* the code compile?
>
> It's an ancient gcc extension, which we should be pedwarning about but
> currently don't because of a bug. I'll fix it.
Ah, okay. Thanks for the explanation.
Phil
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