Re: [help-gengetopt] [PATCH] Fix build failure with GCC 4.3

[Lorenzo Bettini]

Debarshi Ray wrote:
> > I guess this will break backward compatibility, won't it?
>
> Even GCC 2.96 supports the modern C++ style headers:
>
> address@hidden cat hello.cpp
> #include <iostream>
>
> using namespace std;
>
> int main (void)
> {
>   cout << "Hello world" << endl;
>   return 0;
> }
> address@hidden g++ --version
> 2.96
> address@hidden g++ hello.cpp
> address@hidden ./a.out
> Hello world
> address@hidden
>
> Considering we are going to have 4.3 sometime soon, I do not think we
> should bother too much about losing backwards compatibility. :-)

ooops... shame on me! :-)
I thought that only the C++ headers (like iostream) were backward
compatible and not the C headers!

then I'll surely have to switch to the new headers

thanks
        Lorenzo

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