On Tue, 11 Dec 2018, Martin Sebor wrote: > I recently brought up the question of the write w/o approval > policy on the gcc list: > > https://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc/2018-11/msg00165.html > > looking for clarification. Except for Jeff's comment (which > I'm afraid didn't really clarify things), didn't get any.
I think "will the person who objects to my work the most be able to find a fault with my fix?" in the policy on obviousness is clear enough. A policy decision on what is or is not part of a language extension can't be obvious, and nor can determining subtle questions of exactly what the definition of some internal interface is or should be. -- Joseph S. Myers jos...@codesourcery.com
