C++ PATCH: Fix PR 13275

[Gabriel Dos Reis]

"Zack Weinberg" <zack@codesourcery.com> writes:

| Gabriel Dos Reis <gdr@integrable-solutions.net> writes:
| 
| > It implements something that is not offsetof, it is a real extension
| > -- let's call a cat a cat.  I'm not sure it is advisable to set the
| > precedent where this extension, which does  not implement offsetof,
| > is threated this way.
| 
| Would you like to submit a patch which does it the way you want it
| done?

There are at least three issues here:

  (1) Do we want to hide that extension under the name of implementing
      offset -- where actually  we do not?

  (2) It was objected, that one would be doing ugly things with the
      grammar, but no preceision was given.  I would appreciate to
      have some outline of such things (so that they may be avoided)

  (3) Do we want to that precendent?  I may be wrong but my impression
      is that your question is somewhat rhetorical, and I would love
      to be wrong there.

-- Gaby