"Aaron W. LaFramboise" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I discovered PR29365 today while testing 4.2.0 RC2 on a client's > codebase. This causes some of my code, based on the popular pimpl > idiom, to generate warnings, even with no warning flags specified. If > there's a way to turn it off without patching the source, I can't find > it. > > Given the pervasiveness of the pimpl idiom in C++, and the increasing > use of anonymous namespaces in modern code, it is possible that this > will be a serious problem for some C++ developers, that may hinder the > adoption of 4.2. It's not hard to imagine that this could come up in > a lot of other weird places that uses anonymous namespaces, too. > > Does this qualify as a regression? Does anyone else think this is a > serious problem?
I agree that it would be appropriate to backport the patch to gcc 4.2. Ian
