rms@AI.MIT.EDU (Richard Stallman) (08/14/89)
Most people on this list want to see announcements and significant developments but don't like seeing the bulk of bug reports/questions about bugs that people are starting to send to it. If they did want to see such things, they would be reading the bug list instead. Therefore, if you find something that seems to be a problem in G++, please don't send a message to this list. The proper list for bug reports is bug-g++@prep.ai.mit.edu. If you are not sure whether certain input is legitimate, there are two possibilities: * You know the language well. In that case, don't ask the other users whether it is legitimate. Just check the manual for something about the case at hand. If nothing is there, consider it a bug and send to the bug report list. If it seems obvious to an experienced user that something makes sense, it ought to work, or else the manual should explain why it doesn't. * You don't know the language well. In this case, try asking some users you know who are more experienced, and try some textbooks. If you think you understand them, and you think the input is legitimate, then check our manual and send a bug report, as above. If you don't understand, then this is still the wrong place to ask. Ask a mailing list or newsgroup intended for questions from beginners. (We are thinking of creating a special newsgroup for this, but Tower can't do it while he is on vacation.) Info-g++ exists for announcements, polls, etc., that *every user* would want to see.