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Re: Mistaken change in GCC (fwd)
- To: rms at gnu dot org, zackw at stanford dot edu
- Subject: Re: Mistaken change in GCC (fwd)
- From: dewar at gnat dot com (Robert Dewar)
- Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2000 09:55:32 -0500 (EST)
- Cc: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org, gerd at gnu dot org, pfeifer at dbai dot tuwien dot ac dot at
<<Thinking of --traditional in this way will tend to lead to bad
decisions. Its purpose is to make old constructs work, not to emulate
an old compiler and its limitations. It is very common for some newer
constructs to be used in conjunction with old ones.
>>
Hmmm! I am no expert here, but I always thought of --traditional as meaning
traditional K&R style C. If it means something else, it needs very well
defining. Why not just introduce additional switches for features that
do not fall into existing categories neatly.