http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=54249
--- Comment #9 from Paolo Carlini <paolo.carlini at oracle dot com> 2012-08-14 10:56:02 UTC --- I must also add that frankly personally I don't consider these issues so serious: IMHO a new C++ project should immediately use the c* headers. I see these issues mostly about legacy code.