https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=94768
--- Comment #6 from Jonathan Wakely <redi at gcc dot gnu.org> --- (In reply to David Binderman from comment #3) > Most of the time, it is in its own GNU mode and so could do a more > useful job here rather than IMHO blindly following non-useful standards. Nobody is "blindly following" anything. It's been discussed in detail by people who know what they're talking about, over many years (including again when -Wreturn-type was enabled by default for C++). Rejecting valid C++ code by default is not OK.