Corrected: RFR 8059557 (XL): Validate JVM Command-Line Flag Arguments

[Kim Barrett]

On May 21, 2015, at 12:54 PM, Gerard Ziemski <gerard.ziemski at oracle.com> wrote:
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> hi Alexander,
> 
> Yes, handling it this way was an alternative, but I thought it required a C++ compiler with some specific feature support?  C++ 11?
> 
> It was my understanding that such solution was more restrictive, than the one I used.
> 
> Thank you.
> 
> On 5/21/2015 11:26 AM, Alexander Harlap wrote:
>> And what about this:
>> 
>> void emit_range_bool(const char* /* name */)            { }

Unnamed arguments in C++ are not new; see, for example, C++ ARM 8.2.5 (p.140).
See also C++03 8.3.5/8 Functions, and Note regarding them in 8.4/6 Function definitions.
That’s the standard way to deal with the problem.  I’ve not heard of a compiler that is so
stupid as to warn about that usage.