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Re: [PATCH] include _mingw.h in stddef.h


Ross Ridge wrote:

> My suggestion is that no patch be accepted for this, as there's isn't
> sufficient reason for GCC to support these Microsoft specific types.
> However, if the MinGW maintainers think that Microsoft compatibility
> alone is sufficient justification, 

  I thought that a lot of what gcc and binutils do is in order to emulate
and/or interoperate with the native tools?

> then accordlingly the only acceptable
> patch should be one that actually implements these types in a way that's
> compatible with MSC.

  Like we do with __declspec.  I think adding the types would be a good thing.

    cheers,
      DaveK


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