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Re: RFA: how to handle union wait portably?
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- Subject: Re: RFA: how to handle union wait portably?
- From: msokolov at ivan dot Harhan dot ORG (Michael Sokolov)
- Date: Fri, 29 Dec 00 21:34:27 PST
Richard Henderson <rth@redhat.com> wrote:
> You could also modify the sys/wait test to fail if we can compile
> something we ought not be able to do.
How would it know that it ought not be able to compile something that compiles
and works 100% correctly? By ESP?
> I.e. detect PCC brokenness.
Would you mind using more respectful terminology? PCC is not broken, it just
deliberately chooses to implement a different version of the language (one
compatible with its predecessor, Ritchie's original compiler) than the one you
have deliberately chosen to implement (ISO C).
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