------- Additional Comments From adah at netstd dot com 2005-08-12 03:00 ------- (In reply to comment #84) > Subject: Re: can't compile self defined void distance(std::vector<T>, std::vector<T>) > On Aug 11, 2005, at 10:32 PM, adah at netstd dot com wrote: > > What I have not is that a PRoblem resulting from an deficiency of the > > C++ > > Standard is not considered a PRoblem. It is clear that many C++ gurus > > do think > > it a deficiency of the C++ Standard. > Yes but you said using GCC bugzilla for deficiencies in C++. GCC > bugzilla is not > for that but only for GCC deficiencies so if the C++ standard says one > thing and > you disagree with it, GCC bugzilla is not correct place to raise the > issue, even > if many "C++ gurus" says this is a bug in GCC, you should get a > clarification > from the standards committee which is not hard as DR reports are open > to anyone > and not limited to committee members. > -- Pinski
Arguing for the principles is difficult, if the one point we disagree is not explicitly listed officially somewhere (I am not convinced unless I see a statement like that GCC wants to be a bug-for-bug translator of the C++ Standard). So I am not to argue with you. :-) Please understand that my reason to post comments here was not because this was a C++ problem, but because I hoped the behaviour of GCC in this aspect could be better. And I want to say that IMO it was a little premature to mark this bug as `REJECT-INVALID': `SUSPEND' is much better (I admit the state change irritated me a little, and my bitter quarrel with Gaby somehow began there). When the WG21 has decided this *is* a bug of the Standard, you will then reopen the bug again? I simply do not think it a good idea to stick to every exact word of the Standard (it will change after all). Admittedly it is only my personal opinion. Even if you cannot agree with a word of all stated above, I suppose I am still allowed to request to improve the error message so that a user can recognize *WHAT* is going wrong and *WHERE*. Yongwei -- http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=15910
