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

[Joseph S. Myers]

On 10 Jan 2001, Gabriel Dos Reis wrote:

> 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.

If changing a Makefile once a decade is felt to be undue effort for this,
then perhaps the option should be -std=iso9899 (for C - at present meaning
iso9899:199409 until C99 support is complete) and -std=iso14882 (for C++)
without qualifying dates?

-- 
Joseph S. Myers
jsm28@cam.ac.uk