Gabriel Dos Reis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > But we do not get any expressive power by using C++ keywords.
Readability, readability, readability. (for instance, 'class' vs. 'klass' - I can read decimal orders of magnitude faster if all the English words in what I'm reading are correctly spelled) > That is an extreme statement. *shrug* That's what would make it worthwhile to me. > Furthermore, the benefits are not just what bugs we can catch right > now, but how we make it possible to build free software based on > GCC, and encourage more contributions. The YAGNI principle applies, in my opinion. > | (And I'd be less grumpy about coding to the intersection of C and > | C++ if someone coded up warnings for the C compiler to catch > | things outside the intersection.) > > Consider that to be a follow-up that I'm willing to do, if these > preliminary patches are in. Thank you, I appreciate that. zw