http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=51785
--- Comment #7 from Jonathan Wakely <redi at gcc dot gnu.org> 2012-02-05 21:00:36 UTC --- (In reply to comment #6) > Yeah, IMHO the removal of gets (== ::gets) for _GNU_SOURCE is very much > intentional. C++ probably only talks about std::gets, doesn't it? No, std::gets must be declared by <cstdio> and ::gets must be declared by <stdio.h>