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Re: s/ANSI C/ISO C/

To: "Joseph S. Myers" <jsm28 at cam dot ac dot uk>
Subject: Re: s/ANSI C/ISO C/
From: Geoff Keating <geoffk at cygnus dot com>
Date: 04 Aug 2000 16:47:59 -0700
CC: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
References: <Pine.SOL.4.21.0008042342220.15983-100000@orange.csi.cam.ac.uk>

"Joseph S. Myers" <jsm28@cam.ac.uk> writes:

> In some cases the message is only applicable to the old standard, and in
> such cases it seems reasonable to put the standard version in the message
> (whether or not GCC currently handles the differences between standards
> versions properly in that particular case).  What would the preferred form
> of such references be:
> 
> ISO C		(not specifying version)

If the message is not applicable to the current standard, then you
can't say 'ISO C', because the previous version stops being a standard
when the new one is approved (it is 'obsoleted and withdrawn').
-- 
- Geoffrey Keating <geoffk@cygnus.com>

References:
- s/ANSI C/ISO C/
  - From: Joseph S. Myers

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