From: Hans-Bernhard Broeker Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: Re: Where to report compiler bugs ? Date: 28 Sep 2001 10:41:49 GMT Organization: Aachen University of Technology (RWTH) Lines: 27 Message-ID: <9p1k5d$4ci$1@nets3.rz.RWTH-Aachen.DE> References: <9p05eh$3r5$1 AT news DOT tpi DOT pl> NNTP-Posting-Host: acp3bf.physik.rwth-aachen.de X-Trace: nets3.rz.RWTH-Aachen.DE 1001673709 4498 137.226.32.75 (28 Sep 2001 10:41:49 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse AT rwth-aachen DOT de NNTP-Posting-Date: 28 Sep 2001 10:41:49 GMT Originator: broeker@ To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com Raf256 wrote: > I.e. very often some programmer-errors make *realy* strange error messages, Please note: just because an error message is "strange" doesn't mean that's a compiler bug. Especially in C++, where it's sometimes nearly impossible to come up with a sensible guess at the actual cause for a semantic error, so it's a bit overly optimistic to expect the compiler to understand what you, an intelligent human being, apparently didn't. The compiler can't know what you meant --- it's not a mindreader. So it has to rely on what you actually typed. > Can reports like this be repoted here ? Can? Yes --- nobody can stop you from doing so. But generally, they shouldn't. GCC-specific reports belong to GCC-specific forums. > Or only DJGPP specific stuff ? That's the idea, yes. -- Hans-Bernhard Broeker (broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de) Even if all the snow were burnt, ashes would remain.