On 25 May 2011 14:27, <asyropoulos@xxxxxxx> wrote: >>> And why not have this option as the default to so to discourage or > > even >>> >>> prevent people from >>> using the extensions? >> >> Because not everyone who uses the compiler wants the same settings, so >> changing defaults can't be done lightly. > > This is supposed to be the GNU C/C+/ compiler not the compiler of the GNU C, > GNU C++, etc. languages, so this is not an answer. Is it? Where does it say that? The default mode for compiling C is -std=gnu89 and for C++ it's -std=gnu++98, I'm pretty sure that those defaults weren't set that way by accident. >> It's there if you want to use it. > > No the standard must the default and the GNUisms the extension not the > other way around. After all, this is exactly what certain big companies are > doing > and people are blaming them for disrespecting standards... Feel free to file a bug - complaining on this list won't change anything.
