From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Phil Edwards 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 Message-id: <20010713203604.3506.qmail@sourceware.cygnus.com> X-SW-Source: 2001-07/msg00392.html List-Id: The following reply was made to PR bootstrap/3653; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Phil Edwards To: Enrico Scholz 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