http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=54361
--- Comment #4 from Jakub Jelinek <jakub at gcc dot gnu.org> 2012-08-24 08:02:39 UTC --- It has a lot with C++11, if you read that standard, you'll see that for C library stuff it refers to ISO C99 standard. Therefore, using %as is really invalid in C++11 programs.