http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=18501
--- Comment #49 from Jonathan Wakely <redi at gcc dot gnu.org> 2010-12-10 01:24:19 UTC --- (In reply to comment #46) > > If fixing known bugs is not a priority then of what value is this project > other > than being free? I thought the whole point was to also be correct. Granted > this isn't a show-stopper as far as bugs go, but the laissez-faire "if you > hate > it fix it yourself" trend in OSS is really annoying. So is the trend of users who leave snarky "just saying" comments claiming things "can't be done right." GCC is not a static analysis tool, it will never be as good at some things as some other tools - that doesn't make it useless or incorrect. Imperfect, yes, and noone disputes that. Fixing bugs is a priority, just look on the mailing lists to see how many are fixed. Search for Manu's comments to see how hard he works (in his own time) trying to fix longstanding bugs such as this, or at least try to improve the situation slightly, or just identify duplicate reports. But not all bugs are equal. To generalise from the fact that one particularly difficult bug hasn't been fixed to claim that fixing known bugs is not a priority, and to question the value of the entire project, just makes you sound ridiculous.
