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Re: Support for C9X in gcc?
- To: Scott Ladd <scottrobertladd at yahoo dot com>
- Subject: Re: Support for C9X in gcc?
- From: Zack Weinberg <zack at bitmover dot com>
- Date: Fri, 03 Sep 1999 10:42:07 -0700
- cc: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org, scott at coyotegulch dot com
Scott Ladd wrote:
> The current release of gcc -- 2.95.1 -- includes very limited support
> for C9X.
>
> Is anyone working on implementing C9X, especially the numeric parts
> (complex, inttypes, etc.)?
This is largely a library issue, and gcc does not provide the standard
library. GNU libc 2.1 does include most of the new C9x features, but
it may not work on your platform.
You could help improve the intrinsic support for complex arithmetic,
which is part of gcc and which could use some work.
zw