On Mon, Jan 05, 2009 at 11:39:55AM -0800, Chris wrote: > Is it possible to have some sort of protocol in gcc, so that any > unimplemented library function uses #warning or static_assert(0,"regex > not implemented") to not to confuse any future users? I don't think > gcc should provide headers that compile but don't do anything.
Yes, it will make it awful hard for autoconf users trying to determine if a feature is supported, if use of that feature produces functions that compile, link, and do nothing with a report of success.