http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=52321
Manuel López-Ibáñez <manu at gcc dot gnu.org> changed:
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--- Comment #5 from Manuel López-Ibáñez <manu at gcc dot gnu.org> 2012-02-22
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(In reply to comment #4)
> Define an enum of reasons with "success" first, flop the sense of the test so
> that false means coercion was OK (grep to find all calls and put a "!" in
> front
> of each), and return the reason enum instead of bool. The code that is
> reason-aware saves the enum and builds a good message; the legacy code that is
> not reason-aware treats the enum as a bool and works as before except for the
> inverted sense of the test. Maybe half an hour of work.
>
> Plausible?
Plausible in theory, sadly unrealistic in practice. But I would like to be
proven wrong, so give it a try.
