bootstrap/3653: -fmessage-length=72 with g++ makes no sense

[Phil Edwards]

The following reply was made to PR bootstrap/3653; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Phil Edwards <pedwards@disaster.jaj.com>
To: Gabriel Dos Reis <Gabriel.Dos-Reis@cmla.ens-cachan.fr>
Cc: gcc-gnats@gcc.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bootstrap/3653: -fmessage-length=72 with g++ makes no sense
Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2001 15:54:57 -0400

 >  enrico.scholz@informatik.tu-chemnitz.de writes:
 >  | 3. The value of 72 is IMHO obsoleted. Are there still existing C++
 >  | programmers  which are writing code on an 80-column console? I think most ones are using xterms or framebuffer-screens with 100 or more columns.
 
 Many of us with xterms and framebuffer-screens still use 80 columns.
 (Hint:  pieces of paper cannot be stretched.)
 
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