On Wed, 6 Mar 2019 at 14:51, David Aldrich <david.aldrich.ntml@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi > I have included the #error directive in my code to test for C++14 support: > > #if __GNUC__ && (__cplusplus < 201402L) > #error Requires a C++14 compliant compiler > #endif > > When that condition is not met compilation gives: > > main.cpp:32:3: error: #error Requires a C++14 compliant compiler > #error Requires a C++14 compliant compiler > ^ > > Is that the expected message? The caret under #error suggests to me that > the #error line is invalid, not the condition. The condition isn't invalid though. It's perfectly valid C++, it just happens to evaluate to false. That's not invalid. The error comes from the #error directive, so that's the location shown.
