stupid warning mechanism: error: -Wno-deprecated

[Phil Edwards]

On Fri, Jun 01, 2001 at 12:03:01PM +0200, Markus Werle wrote:
> But OTH g++ should not complain about its own headers!

Then whose?  We can't complain about the user's headers; ISO isn't allowed
to deprecate those.  :-)


> In file included from
> [...]
> /opt/FREE-SOFTWARE/gcc-20010601/lib/gcc-lib/hppa2.0w-hp-hpux11.00/3.1/include/g++/backward/backward_warning.h:32:2:
> warning: #warning This file includes at least one deprecated or
> antiquated header. Please use the <X> header instead of <X.h> header for
> 'C++' includes and use the <cX> header instead of <X.h> header for 'C'
> includes. To disable this warning use -Wno-deprecated.
> 
> Better have this warning off for correct system headers independent of
> -Wdeprecated , right?

No, those headers are deprecated.  That's the whole point.

backward_warning.h is there specifically to print this warning.  The user
only sees it if he includes a deprecated C++ header, which in turn includes
backward_warning.h.


Phil

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