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From: Mike Stump <mrs@windriver.com>
To: gcc@gcc.gnu.org, nbecker@fred.net
Subject: Re: Why is this code accepted?
Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2001 14:58:00 -0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <200104162158.OAA20152@kankakee.wrs.com> (raw)

> To: gcc@gcc.gnu.org
> From: nbecker@fred.net
> Date: 16 Apr 2001 16:27:42 -0400

> This code compiles without complaint both on gcc-2.96 and on a
> recent gcc-3 snapshot, but doesn't link.  I suspect the
> initialization of the static "a" is invalid (I don't have a good
> reference handy), but isn't gcc behaviour wrong?

There was a g++ feature that allowed this to work, a while ago.
Someone broke that feature, and didn't remove the feature from all
places in the compiler that supported the feature.  As I recall, the
standard doesn't support this feature.

             reply	other threads:[~2001-04-16 14:58 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2001-04-16 14:58 Mike Stump [this message]
2001-04-16 20:16 ` Alexandre Oliva
2001-04-17  4:57   ` nbecker
2001-04-17 14:52     ` Alexandre Oliva
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2001-04-17 19:41 Mike Stump
2001-04-17 17:20 Mike Stump
2001-04-16 13:27 nbecker

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