[C++] deprecate overload resolution extension?

Jason Merrill jason@redhat.com
Tue Feb 27 07:07:00 GMT 2001


>>>>> "Nathan" == Nathan Sidwell <nathan@codesourcery.com> writes:

> The only thing I find in ChangeLog.2 relating to this is,

> Tue Aug 27 13:12:21 1996  Jason Merrill  <jason@yorick.cygnus.com>
        
>         * call.c (add_builtin_candidate): Use TYPE_PTROB_P instead of
>         ptr_complete_ob.
>         (joust): If we're comparing a function to a builtin and the worst
>         conversion for the builtin is worse than the worst conversion for the
>         function, take the function.
> I can't tie this up to a test case.
> ring any bells?

Nope.  I only remember that when I reimplemented overload resolution,
things started breaking that it seemed reasonable to support, so I added
that extension.

Jason



More information about the Gcc mailing list