http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=18501
--- Comment #45 from Manuel López-Ibáñez <manu at gcc dot gnu.org> 2010-12-09 16:34:46 UTC --- (In reply to comment #44) > (In reply to comment #43) > > Maybe it's high time someone address this shortcoming as opposed to adding > > additional language front ends. If you can't even get the core ones > > right... > > Generally the people who add front-ends aren't the people working on the > middle-end and optimisers, so work on one doesn't take resources away from the > other. > Moreover, the people that add new FEs are not the same people working on the C/C++ FEs. Anyway, in the comments above you can find the reasons why this is difficult, how Clang has solved it (or so they say, I haven't seen a comparison over many different testcases), and why you should not expect a fix in the medium term.
