c++/3385: -std=foo doesn't work with C++

[Joseph S. Myers]

On 23 Jun 2001, Daniel Elstner wrote:

> When -std=foo is given g++ doesn't recognize most C++ constructs.
> Includes of C++ specific headers do fail, too. For some odd reason
> the new-style casts do still work.

-std is not supported for C++.  Why did the documentation make you think 
that is was?  Perhaps we can improve the documentation.

It would make sense to support -std for C++, with possible values being 
iso14882:1998 and g++98, but it's never going to make sense to specify a C 
standard (ISO 9899) version when compiling C++, and there ought to be 
appropriate errors given if you try to do so; the lack of error messages 
is a bug.

-- 
Joseph S. Myers
jsm28@cam.ac.uk