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Re: Change handling of common attributes
- To: Richard Kenner <kenner at vlsi1 dot ultra dot nyu dot edu>
- Subject: Re: Change handling of common attributes
- From: "Joseph S. Myers" <jsm28 at cam dot ac dot uk>
- Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2001 16:56:24 +0100 (BST)
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On Sat, 22 Sep 2001, Richard Kenner wrote:
> Well, it was a warning and only on -pedantic. That seems odd in the first
> place since it's already a GNU extension.
This (extended integer types) is a type of extension that C99 discusses
and regulates.
> I agree it's possible to do things to put the warning back, but is it really
> worth it?
One alternative option would be to fill out where extend.texi lists
@item
@cite{Any extended integer types that exist in the implementation (6.2.5).}
with details of the extended integer types created by mode attributes and
an explanation that types created by mode attributes that are wider than
intmax_t may look and act like extended integer types but aren't.
--
Joseph S. Myers
jsm28@cam.ac.uk