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Re: Help ! Frozen by a comment in gcc/c-common.h!
Forgot RID_LAST_MODIFIER
On Sat, Aug 29, 2009 at 08:29:21PM +0400, Alexei I. Adamovich wrote:
> So for the sake of those who will develop C-derived front ends, should
> we change the comment like below:
> > /* Reserved identifiers. This is the union of all the keywords for C,
> > C++, and Objective-C. In the past, in earlier GCC versions all the
> > type modifiers had to be in one block at the beginning, because
> > they were used as mask bits. There were 27 type modifiers; so if
> > anybody added many more the mask mechanism would have to be
> > redesigned. Now it doesn't matter, since corresponding mask
> > machinery gone */
Should the last lines be re-written as follows:
> redesigned. Now it doesn't matter, since corresponding mask
> machinery gone. But anyway when adding any type modifier it's
> better to follow the old rule and to get sure that
> RID_LAST_MODIFIER is defined and handled correctly also */
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Alexei I. Adamovich