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From: Phil Edwards <pedwards@disaster.jaj.com>
To: nobody@gcc.gnu.org
Cc: gcc-prs@gcc.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bootstrap/3653: -fmessage-length=72 with g++ makes no sense
Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2001 13:36:00 -0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20010713203604.3506.qmail@sourceware.cygnus.com> (raw)

The following reply was made to PR bootstrap/3653; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Phil Edwards <pedwards@disaster.jaj.com>
To: Enrico Scholz <enrico.scholz@informatik.tu-chemnitz.de>
Cc: gcc-gnats@gcc.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bootstrap/3653: -fmessage-length=72 with g++ makes no sense
Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2001 16:33:09 -0400

 On Fri, Jul 13, 2001 at 10:23:14PM +0200, Enrico Scholz wrote:
 > say it should be off by *default* because it breaks compatibility and
 
 I really should just resist the impluse to ask, but oh well:
 
 How does limiting by default to 72 characters /break/ compatibility?
 Assuming a 100-column xterm is breaking compatibility.
 
 Phil
 
 -- 
 Would I had phrases that are not known, utterances that are strange, in
 new language that has not been used, free from repetition, not an utterance
 which has grown stale, which men of old have spoken.
                                      - anonymous Egyptian scribe, c.1700 BC


             reply	other threads:[~2001-07-13 13:36 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2001-07-13 13:36 Phil Edwards [this message]
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2001-07-16 17:06 Enrico Scholz
2001-07-13 20:36 Gabriel Dos Reis
2001-07-13 17:36 Enrico Scholz
2001-07-13 13:56 Enrico Scholz
2001-07-13 13:46 Enrico Scholz
2001-07-13 13:26 Enrico Scholz
2001-07-12 12:56 Phil Edwards
2001-07-12  5:06 Gabriel Dos Reis
2001-07-12  4:06 Enrico Scholz
2001-07-12  1:46 Gabriel Dos Reis
2001-07-11 14:56 enrico.scholz

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