[Bug c++/33124] C++ frontend should not warn about new a[0] in template context

[gdr at cs dot tamu dot edu]

------- Comment #5 from gdr at cs dot tamu dot edu  2007-08-21 00:19 -------
Subject: Re:  C++ frontend should not warn about new a[0] in template context

"ian at airs dot com" <gcc-bugzilla@gcc.gnu.org> writes:

| The problem I see is that this unconditional warning warns about code which
is
| completely safe and correct.  That break -Werror builds.

I believe we agree with that.

| There is no natural way to avoid the warning in a template.

The user has no natural way to avoid that -- I agree.

However, the cure of not warning at all is too drastic.

|  Given that, if we want to have this
| warning enabled even when the argument derives from a template parameter,
then
| I think that we should disable the warning by default.  And given that, maybe
| we should just remove the warning.

I'm OK with that idea if that is OK with you.

-- Gaby


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