Why no __attribute__ ((unused)) for g++?

[Stephen J. Turnbull]

Jerry James writes:

 > We could try removing the "&& !defined(__cplusplus)" part and see
 > if anybody complains.

Will do.

 > checked version 8.  If __INTEL_COMPILER is defined, then the check
 > should be __INTEL_COMPILER >= 800 or >= 900, depending.  Does anybody
 > have a version 8 installed?

I'll try >= 800 on the same principle as above.

Thanks to the enlightment!