Re: gcc won't compile 2.3.1 with -Wall -Wextra -pedantic

[Jonathan Wakely]

On 11/07/07, Warren Young <mysqlpp@stripped> wrote:
> 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.

FWIW it's a C99 feature and is already included in the working paper for C++0x.

Jon