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Re: c++/3385: -std=foo doesn't work with C++
- To: "Joseph S. Myers" <jsm28 at cam dot ac dot uk>
- Subject: Re: c++/3385: -std=foo doesn't work with C++
- From: Neil Booth <neil at daikokuya dot demon dot co dot uk>
- Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2001 09:29:23 +0100
- Cc: Daniel Elstner <daniel dot elstner at gmx dot net>, gcc-gnats at gcc dot gnu dot org,gcc-bugs at gcc dot gnu dot org
Joseph S. Myers wrote:-
> It would make sense to support -std for C++, with possible values being
> iso14882:1998 and g++98, but it's never going to make sense to specify a C
> standard (ISO 9899) version when compiling C++, and there ought to be
> appropriate errors given if you try to do so; the lack of error messages
> is a bug.
cpplib supports "-std=c++98", so we should stick with that. I don't
see the value in the really verbose forms.
Neil.