Hacker News Reader

Since we are not at some point in the future where that correct compiler exists and there is only one official compiler, the distinction you make is practically meaningless!

View on HN

I mean… no? It matters whether something is a part of the language or not, because it matters if you can write code relying on this behavior. Since this is a compiler bug, you cannot - the code will stop compiling the moment the bug is fixed.

There are no known instances of this bug being encountered in the wild, and if you look into it, you will see how extremely unlikely such code is.

Reply on news.ycombinator.com