From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Timmy Mulligins" To: martin@mira.isdn.cs.tu-berlin.de, edwin@netwood.net Cc: egcs@egcs.cygnus.com Subject: Re: elided copy constructors Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 15:37:00 -0000 Message-id: <19990319233700.103.qmail@hotmail.com> X-SW-Source: 1999-03/msg00676.html >From: "Martin v. Loewis" >To: edwin@netwood.net >CC: egcs@egcs.cygnus.com >Subject: Re: elided copy constructors >Date: Sat, 20 Mar 1999 00:13:03 +0100 >MIME-Version: 1.0 (generated by SEMI 1.13.3 - "Komaiko") >From egcs-return-4298-picard1981=hotmail.com@egcs.cygnus.com Fri Mar 19 15:19:31 1999 >Received: (qmail 28564 invoked by alias); 19 Mar 1999 23:18:40 -0000 >Mailing-List: contact egcs-help@egcs.cygnus.com; run by ezmlm >Precedence: bulk >Sender: owner-egcs@egcs.cygnus.com >Delivered-To: mailing list egcs@egcs.cygnus.com >Received: (qmail 28550 invoked from network); 19 Mar 1999 23:18:37 -0000 >Received: from mail.cs.tu-berlin.de (root@130.149.17.13)by egcs.cygnus.com with SMTP; 19 Mar 1999 23:18:37 -0000 >Received: from mira.isdn.cs.tu-berlin.de (mira.isdn.cs.tu-berlin.de [130.149.221.146])by mail.cs.tu-berlin.de (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id AAA06159;Sat, 20 Mar 1999 00:13:58 +0100 (MET) >Received: (from martin@localhost)by mira.isdn.cs.tu-berlin.de (8.8.7/8.8.7) id AAA00798;Sat, 20 Mar 1999 00:13:03 +0100 >Message-Id: < 199903192313.AAA00798@mira.isdn.cs.tu-berlin.de > >X-Authentication-Warning: mira.isdn.cs.tu-berlin.de: martin set sender to martin@mira.isdn.cs.tu-berlin.de using -f >In-reply-to: < 36F2CDC1.8B4FEC4A@netwood.net > (edwin@netwood.net) >References: < 36F2CDC1.8B4FEC4A@netwood.net > >User-Agent: SEMI/1.13.3 (Komaiko) FLIM/1.12.5 (Hirahata) Emacs/20.3.92 (i586-pc-linux-gnu) MULE/4.0 (HANANOEN) > >> My question is, "When should we expect the egcs compiler >> to elide copy constructors as permitted by the standard?" > >Well, the short (and AFAIK the only correct) answer is: when somebody >contributes the code. > >This is how open source works: If you need a feature badly enough, you >have the chance to do it yourself. If you don't, it might get never >done. Sounds like the maintainers might be spending all of their time fixing errors and ways to do all the wacky things that people want. Results? Broken compiler syndrome. Incompatabilities. Almost safer to let Homer Simpson do it. Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Timmy Mulligins" To: martin@mira.isdn.cs.tu-berlin.de, edwin@netwood.net Cc: egcs@egcs.cygnus.com Subject: Re: elided copy constructors Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 23:46:00 -0000 Message-ID: <19990319233700.103.qmail@hotmail.com> X-SW-Source: 1999-03n/msg00681.html Message-ID: <19990331234600.0OANfjqlKq8uc_147QHpIei3JF9otSSu0hdo_MyYnMQ@z> >From: "Martin v. Loewis" >To: edwin@netwood.net >CC: egcs@egcs.cygnus.com >Subject: Re: elided copy constructors >Date: Sat, 20 Mar 1999 00:13:03 +0100 >MIME-Version: 1.0 (generated by SEMI 1.13.3 - "Komaiko") >From egcs-return-4298-picard1981=hotmail.com@egcs.cygnus.com Fri Mar 19 15:19:31 1999 >Received: (qmail 28564 invoked by alias); 19 Mar 1999 23:18:40 -0000 >Mailing-List: contact egcs-help@egcs.cygnus.com; run by ezmlm >Precedence: bulk >Sender: owner-egcs@egcs.cygnus.com >Delivered-To: mailing list egcs@egcs.cygnus.com >Received: (qmail 28550 invoked from network); 19 Mar 1999 23:18:37 -0000 >Received: from mail.cs.tu-berlin.de (root@130.149.17.13)by egcs.cygnus.com with SMTP; 19 Mar 1999 23:18:37 -0000 >Received: from mira.isdn.cs.tu-berlin.de (mira.isdn.cs.tu-berlin.de [130.149.221.146])by mail.cs.tu-berlin.de (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id AAA06159;Sat, 20 Mar 1999 00:13:58 +0100 (MET) >Received: (from martin@localhost)by mira.isdn.cs.tu-berlin.de (8.8.7/8.8.7) id AAA00798;Sat, 20 Mar 1999 00:13:03 +0100 >Message-Id: < 199903192313.AAA00798@mira.isdn.cs.tu-berlin.de > >X-Authentication-Warning: mira.isdn.cs.tu-berlin.de: martin set sender to martin@mira.isdn.cs.tu-berlin.de using -f >In-reply-to: < 36F2CDC1.8B4FEC4A@netwood.net > (edwin@netwood.net) >References: < 36F2CDC1.8B4FEC4A@netwood.net > >User-Agent: SEMI/1.13.3 (Komaiko) FLIM/1.12.5 (Hirahata) Emacs/20.3.92 (i586-pc-linux-gnu) MULE/4.0 (HANANOEN) > >> My question is, "When should we expect the egcs compiler >> to elide copy constructors as permitted by the standard?" > >Well, the short (and AFAIK the only correct) answer is: when somebody >contributes the code. > >This is how open source works: If you need a feature badly enough, you >have the chance to do it yourself. If you don't, it might get never >done. Sounds like the maintainers might be spending all of their time fixing errors and ways to do all the wacky things that people want. Results? Broken compiler syndrome. Incompatabilities. Almost safer to let Homer Simpson do it. Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com