------- Comment #10 from bangerth at dealii dot org 2007-04-09 15:23 ------- Great, thanks. Hopefully someone approves the patch soon.
Talking about canonical types: I think the idea of only issuing a warning in cases like the current one is a really bad idea. Warnings are meant for things where the programmer did something dubious (if correct) and that can be silenced by adjusting the source code. On the other hand, what we have here is a compiler whose internal data structures have become corrupted. That's pretty much the definition of what we use ICEs for, and I would urge you to reconsider the idea of using a warning instead. Does it matter? I do think so. For example, I found this one by actually looking at the log files of my automated compile jobs. It showed a successful compilation, rather than a failure, because a warning still makes 'make' go on as if nothing had happened. I'm sure canonical type failures would be found quicker if their effect was more drastic, because it makes people look for the place where something goes wrong. Best Wolfgang -- http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=31505
