Comment 10 for bug 284401

(In reply to comment #4)
> Manuel: thanks for volunteering to write a patch.
>
> I've just spoken with Joseph Myers (a friend of mine who does gcc development
> work), and his opinion was that this issue isn't a sufficiently major one for
> it to be worth trying to make a case on the mailing list beforehand. His
> recommendation was to submit a patch first. So I think you should feel free to
> write the patch. (Or I might do it if I find some free time, but that doesn't
> seem very likely at this point.)
>

OK, I will prepare a patch for 1) and 2) when I have some free time. We can deal with 3) later, once the first patch is approved. As far as I know, 4) is the current policy and 5) may not be feasible, since no new features are accepted in old branches.