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Re: off-by-one in get_ident

On Tue, Dec 13, 2005 at 03:24:30PM -0500, Andrew Pinski wrote:
> Wait valid C into valid C++ is not a good idea as it makes the code
> worse in terms of coding style.
> 
> My point is that this is valid C and should not change just because it 
> is
> invalid C++.  Please don't go about and change random stuff just because
> it is invalid C++.
> 
> This is where I say that C++ is not a true subset of C so it should not
> even thought as such until the C++ standard fixes their mess.
> Changing this is not going to fix anything except make code messier.

Andrew, when you write messages like this, do you honestly believe you
are adding any value to the development process?  Please don't.  It's
not your opinion of C++ that matters here but the consensus of the
developers, and we already came to a consensus the LAST time this was
discussed.

-- 
Daniel Jacobowitz
CodeSourcery, LLC
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