-std's (was Re: v3 link failures analyzed)

[Mike Stump]

> To: "Joseph S. Myers" <jsm28@cam.ac.uk>
> Cc: Gabriel Dos Reis <gdr@codesourcery.com>, <libstdc++@gcc.gnu.org>,
>         <gcc@gcc.gnu.org>
> From: Gabriel Dos Reis <gdr@codesourcery.com>
> Date: 10 Jan 2001 20:00:25 +0100

> "Joseph S. Myers" <jsm28@cam.ac.uk> writes:

> | On 10 Jan 2001, Gabriel Dos Reis wrote:
> | 
> | > Thanks.  Now I understand the motivation.  But I still think that
> | > there should be an alias for the most recent standard in effect
> | > (and understood by the compiler).
> | 
> | Under what circumstances would such an option be useful?

> When you just want to compile a program with the most recent
> standard without having to keep that of xxx:yyyy.  We shouldn't get
> more pendatic than necessary.  It is a practical matter.

What is wrong with having -std be that option?