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Re: -A- for 3.0.
- To: Zack Weinberg <zackw at Stanford dot EDU>
- Subject: Re: -A- for 3.0.
- From: Neil Booth <neil at daikokuya dot demon dot co dot uk>
- Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2001 07:04:58 +0100
- Cc: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
Zack Weinberg wrote:-
> -D- would be more symmetric.
OK; I'm happy with either.
> I think that the present situation is confusing, and that making -A-
> only affect assertions is an excellent idea.
> -A- has been around with the present semantics since at least 2.7, I'm
> afraid. I doubt it is actually used by anyone, but I'd be leery of
> making any sort of user-visible change this close to a release.
OK; I'll do something for 3.1 only.
> You may be thinking of -A-blah as a counterpart of #unassert, which is
> relatively new.
Right.
> However, before we change anything, I want to know why it was that
> way in the first place [...]
I have no idea; I've not been around that long 8-)
Neil.