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Re: GCC Steering Committee decision on ISO C conversion
David O'Brien wrote:
>
> On Fri, Jun 14, 2002 at 10:14:22AM -0400, Kaveh R. Ghazi wrote:
> > > From: Aldy Hernandez <aldyh@redhat.com>
> > >
> > > >>>>> "Joseph" == Joseph S Myers <jsm28@cam.ac.uk> writes:
> > >
> > > > Does this require traditional C for target files in gcc/config/
> > > > for targets that are only used for cross-compilation, or which
> > > > don't have any non-ISO bootstrap compiler?
> >
> > We're not converting config/* yet.
>
> Why? I would really like to use string concatenation in freebsd.h files.
> Why hold my OS back for HP braindeadness?
For the same reason that ginclude/stddef.h is a nightmare of ifdefs,
many of them required by BSD braindeadness. :-) We all make
compromises for the sake of being able to work together.
None of these choices are set in stone either. The SC has already
proposed to revisit the issue for 3.3, which isn't that many
months away...
Stan