Re: `better conversion sequence' warning -W name?

[Phil Edwards <phil at jaj dot com>]

On Fri, Aug 16, 2002 at 08:39:57PM -0400, Alexy Khrabrov wrote:
> Thanks, Phil -- I didn't laugh so hard for a long time!
> Now, in my CORBA implementations, one of which is 3GB of
> compiled C++, it's quite often.  So I'm eager to patch
> g++ with your patches.  I use gcc (1) 2.95.3 and (2) 3.1+. 
> Question: can I apply these patches to these versions?

Probably not, the sources have changed quite a bit in two years.  The change
would have to be redone.  It would probably not be accepted now because
there is currently a discussion about how to disable individual warnings,
as well as a large consensus that there are too many command-line options.


Phil

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