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Re: [PATCH] include _mingw.h in stddef.h
- From: Dave Korn <dave dot korn dot cygwin at googlemail dot com>
- To: Ross Ridge <rridge at csclub dot uwaterloo dot ca>
- Cc: gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2009 17:20:15 +0100
- Subject: Re: [PATCH] include _mingw.h in stddef.h
- References: <20090922123934.D2C2973F7C@caffeine.csclub.uwaterloo.ca>
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