Re: AIX with Visual Age C compiler fails to compile 2.1 and later

[Paul Eggert]

Akim Demaille <address@hidden> writes:

> I don't believe we ought to fight against bugs in C++ compilers.
> The code we produce is compliant with a (pretty-)well defined standard.

Yes, we needn't port to ancient C++ circa 1985, but on the other hand
we need to be cognizant of the wide variety of C++ compilers in
practical use today, not all of which strictly conform to the latest
standard.

Suppose, for example, the Bison-generated parser triggered a bug in
the C++ compiler in GCC 3.4 and earlier.  If that happened, I'd say we
should alter Bison (assuming it's relatively easy) rather than insist
that everybody upgrade to GCC 4.0 before they or their code-suppliers
can use Bison.  Older GCC compilers are still quite widely used; GCC
2.95.4 and GCC 3.3.5 are the two standard GCC installations on Debian
stable, for example.