On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 10:03 AM, Dmitri Gribenko <[email protected]>wrote:

> On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 7:59 PM, Ronan Keryell <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> >>>>>> On Mon, 24 Sep 2012 18:53:07 +0300, Dmitri Gribenko <
> [email protected]> said:
> >
> >     Dmitri> The rationale for my change is that if one has some C++ code
> >     Dmitri> that is being compiled in C++98 mode, offering C99 isn't of
> >     Dmitri> much help, since most C++ features are not C99-compatible.
> >
> > Yes, I understand.
> >
> > I was just thinking also to the poor lost guys that use the C++ compiler
> > to compile their C code... :-)
> >
> > That sounds crazy but this happens.
>
> This is an interesting viewpoint, but it should be applied
> consistently to all our diagnostics.  I don't think that we aim to
> educate the programmer with diagnostics.
>
> Although we have to admit that there are programmers who learn
> language features by playing with their implementation in a particular
> compiler.
>

This patch matches our current approach for features which are extensions
in both C99 and C++11, and I don't see a compelling reason to change that
approach. LGTM, though it saddens me that we have so many different places
issuing the same trio of diagnostics.

Thanks!
Richard
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