From: Warren Young
Date: July 11 2007 6:13pm
Subject: Re: gcc won't compile 2.3.1 with -Wall -Wextra -pedantic
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Andrew Sayers wrote:
> A stray comma means gcc won't compile 2.3.1 if you turn on the above
> flags (presumably it's just -pedantic that's complaining, but I'm not
> going to do a long series of tests for a typo).

Wow, "pedantic" is right.  I looked in the standard, and it is indeed 
not legal.  But, every compiler I've ever used understands it, and the 
practice is widely recommended, as it helps prevent copy-paste errors.

I'm going to have to meditate on this one.  The cure looks worse than 
the disease.