Re: c++/3028: 3.0 Compiler complains about template that used to work under 2.95

[James L Peterson <peterson@austin.ibm.com>]

The following reply was made to PR c++/3028; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: James L Peterson <peterson@austin.ibm.com>
To: Alexandre Oliva <aoliva@redhat.com>
Cc: Artem Khodush <artem@duma.gov.ru>, gcc-gnats@gcc.gnu.org,
        gcc-bugs@gcc.gnu.org
Subject: Re: c++/3028: 3.0 Compiler complains about template that used to work  
 under 2.95
Date: Fri, 01 Jun 2001 14:17:39 -0500

 Alexandre Oliva wrote:
 
 > > If 3.0 is correct, from a language point of view, then this would be a
 > > candidate for the list of known bugs at
 > > http://gcc.gnu.org/bugs.html#known
 >
 > I beg to differ.  That page is for actual bugs, or for non-bugs that
 > lots of people perceive as bugs.  The problem you report is neither.
 
 I would suggest that this problem is the same as with the
 "G++ allows to access private types" bug.  Both
 are cases where the old compiler allows (without error)
 a construct that the new compiler does not allow.
 For those of us trying to get large bodies of C++ code
 (that work with the old compiler) to work with the 3.0
 compiler, it would help to have both of these listed
 **as problems with the old compiler**, not as
 problems with the new compiler.
 
 It seems to me that only question would be whether or
 not "lots of people" will run into either or both.  If you believe
 that few people will run into this problem, then you are right.
 
 jim