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Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2003 14:33:00 -0000
From: Fergus Henderson <fjh@cs.mu.OZ.AU>
To: Robert Dewar <dewar@gnat.com>
Cc: gcc@gcc.gnu.org, normanjonas@arcor.de
Subject: Re: Re: c++ "with" keyword
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On 04-Jan-2003, Robert Dewar <dewar@gnat.com> wrote:
> > I think you missed the point. The reason for the with keyword is not to use
> > a pointer but to leave
> > the long structs name which is not done by your example :
> 
> My viewpoint here is that gcc should not be used as an arena for
> implementing random language extensions, no matter how meritorious
> they be.

My viewpoint is slightly different: GCC *should* be used as an arena for
implementing random language extensions, but in general those extensions
should not be merged into the main CVS branch.  (They would only be merged
on the main branch if there is a *very* convincing case made for them.)

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