GCC can't count operands.

[Alexandre Oliva]

On Mar 24, 2000, Tony Mantler <eek@escape.ca> wrote:

> Parsing "%[0-9]+" doesn't strike me as being a terribly difficult.

But it would change the meaning of already existing code.  Just think
of `%[0-9]' immediately followed by numbers.

> And no, I'm not volunteering for any tasks. I'm pointing out a bug

It's not a bug.  It's a documented limitation, and nobody seems to
think it is important enough to fund a project to fix it.  See 
http://gcc.gnu.org/cgi-bin/fom.cgi?file=12

> (simple valid code that won't compile)

It's not valid code, just read the docs.

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