> The error comes from the #error directive, so that's the location shown. Ok, thanks. So I take it that this is expected behaviour. On Wed, Mar 6, 2019 at 3:29 PM Jonathan Wakely <jwakely.gcc@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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. >
