------- Additional Comments From adah at netstd dot com 2005-08-09 01:45 ------- (In reply to comment #59) > Subject: Re: can't compile self defined void distance(std::vector<T>, std::vector<T>) > "adah at netstd dot com" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > | Does a compiler serve its users or the Standard committee? > Answer: Does a compiler that does not implement the standard specification > serves its users? > -- Gaby
Answer to answer: Does a compiler that implement a wrong specification in the Standard serves the users? A bug in the Standard does not prevent a bug in the compiler from being a bug! I am not requiring that GCC must fix the bug (I do not want to argue here endlessly as well), but I am dissatisfied that you do not think it a bug. Just imagine the complete loss of an innocent user that happens to define a distance (vector<...>,...) (`I can name my global functions as I like, or what is the purpose of the std namespace?'), when the error messages seem to show that the compiler is talking nonsense! BTW, I do not think a common user has channels to talk to the Standard committee. Compiler vendors have. My opinion is that the bug should be `suspended' or `deferred', while displaying a more friendly error message should be added to the to-do list of GCC. Best regards, Yongwei -- http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=15910
