[Bug c/31673] "`for' loop initial declaration used outside C99 mode" is confusing

[j at uriah dot heep dot sax dot de]

------- Comment #3 from j at uriah dot heep dot sax dot de  2007-04-23 21:49 -------
(In reply to comment #2)

> > this message causes an unusual high amount of support traffic.
> 
> Does it?  This is the first time I have seen a request for a change.

When I first saw it, it took quite a while until I realized what it's
going to tell me.

See here for the example that triggered this enhancement request:

http://www.avrfreaks.net/index.php?name=PNphpBB2&file=viewtopic&t=49112#311973

(Just reading that single article is enough, alas the rest of that
thread is getting *way* off.)

I'm sure though I've been explaining that a number of times before.


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http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=31673