C++ PATCH: Diagnose use of abstract class in function prototype
Gabriel Dos Reis
gdr@codesourcery.com
Tue Apr 10 18:47:00 GMT 2001
Mark Mitchell <mark@codesourcery.com> writes:
[...]
| The whole point is to *support* our C++ user base by eliminating
| regressions, thereby providing a consistent, improving compiler.
That is interesting because "improving the compiler without fixing
non-regressions for a release" sounds like a contradiction in terms ;-)
| That's exactly why I don't want to introduce risk -- each new patch
| makes it harder to fulfill that basic contract: that GCC 3.0 be as
| good as GCC 2.95 so that people can upgrade as easily as possible.
Well, if GCC-3.0 is as good as GCC-2.95 why should they upgrade at
all? That is a rhetorical question.
-- Gaby
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