[Bug c++/39728] diagnostic for private operator= is voluminous and unhelpful

[manu at gcc dot gnu.org]

http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=39728

--- Comment #4 from Manuel López-Ibáñez <manu at gcc dot gnu.org> 2012-04-16 10:53:50 UTC ---
(In reply to comment #3)
> Every C++ programmer knows that the compiler implicitly defines special member
> functions, including the copy-assignment operator but I don't really like the
> terminology. C++ doesn't have methods, it has member functions, and the formal
> term in the standard is "implicitly-defined" not synthesized.

Indeed. I would consider obvious to do:

sed -i 's/synthesized method/implicitly-defined member function/g' cp/*.c
cp/*.h

Would Jason pre-approve such a patch?

It doesn't fix the actual verbose output Ian is complaining about, but it is a
small positive step.