typedef vs. typename confusion

Noel Yap nyap@garban.com
Tue Aug 4 05:09:00 GMT 1998


Gabriel Dos Reis wrote:
> There was a related posting two or three weeks ago. It was argued
> that egcs, unilaterally, supplies the keyword 'typename' where needed
> --or more accurately, where he thinks he could do so without transmuting
> programs. I strongly objected against such *default* behaviour. I hope
> this report  will be enough convincing to supply the standard
> behaviour, by *default*.

Wow, I hate it when Microsoft products decide for me what needs to be
done.  I certainly don't expect it from gnu products, much less a
compiler.

Noel



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