Language Changes in Bug-fix Releases?

[Richard B. Kreckel]

On 7 Sep 2005, Gabriel Dos Reis wrote:
> Mike Stump <mrs@apple.com> writes:
> | I'll echo the generalized request that we try and avoid tightenings
> | on other than x.y.0 releases.
>
> I hear you.  In this specific case, it worths remembering people that
> the issue is not just an accept-invalid that was turned into
> reject-invalid, but wrong-code generation (in the sense that
> wrong-code was being genereted for *valid* program) that was fixed.

I'm unable to find which wrong-code generation PR was fixed by reading
this thread.  That applies to any of the two examples I posted.

Anyway, as I mentioned: If this broken code was a collateral damage of a
really serious bug, then it would be foolish to complain.  It's just that
I'm having difficulties imagining how accepting a friend declaration as a
forward declaration (which by the way worked since at least GCC 2.7.x) can
make your code accidentally fire that ballistic rocket.  (If it really
can, then you're having a truck load of other problems besides code
quality.)

Saludos
  -richy.
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Richard B. Kreckel
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