On Thursday 08 November 2001 09:22 am, Michael Widenius wrote:
> Sasha> One needs to remember that in the Unix world, you cannot assume that
a
> Sasha> compiler user necessarily knows how to fix the code if you give him
an error.
>
> Sasha, In this case I have to agree with Trond's view.
> The above is not an argument for us not to use gcc 2.96.
Yes, as far as we are concerned, we as developers want a strict compiler, no
question about this. What I was suggesting is that it is not good to have a
strict compiler on a standard distribution installed by default because many
otherwise useful packages will not compile without fixing them up, the
maintainer might not be available, and the user might not know how to fix up
the code.
A strict compiler is good for the developer, nevertheless.
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