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Re: ANSIfy cp/parser.c

From: Jim Wilson <wilson at redhat dot com>
To: GCC-patches <gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org>
Date: 10 Jan 2003 14:09:02 -0500
Subject: Re: ANSIfy cp/parser.c
References: <Pine.LNX.4.33.0301101016530.4557-100000@kern.srcf.societies.cam.ac.uk>

This question of K&R support has traditionally been a question of whether we
supported both K&R and C89 or only C89.  However, we really have 3 languages
here, K&R, C89, and C99.  Supporting 3 languages is much harder than supporting
just two.

I think the policy here should be that we support only the last two major
revisions to the C language.  That would mean only C89 and C99 for now.
And in 6 years, when C09 comes out, we drop support for C89.  We could perhaps
add a couple of years of slack to allow for adoption of new language standards,
but that is just a minor detail.

Jim

References:
- Re: ANSIfy cp/parser.c
  - From: Joseph S. Myers

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