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Re: thoughts on martin's proposed patch for GCC and UTF-8
- To: rms at gnu dot org
- Subject: Re: thoughts on martin's proposed patch for GCC and UTF-8
- From: Samuel Figueroa <figueroa at apple dot com>
- Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1998 12:12:20 -0800
- Cc: gcc2 at gnu dot org, egcs at cygnus dot com
>These arithmetic parameters should not be done with #pragma, not with
>any kind of #-command. That is because macro expansions cannot
>produce a #-command. I told the committee about this problem ten
>years ago, but it seems that the temptation of the #pragma idea
>is too strong for mere logic to overcome.
I have never been a member of the committee, but I attended a meeting in
which your objections to using #pragma for these arithmetic parameters were
mentioned. The attitude was that if no one present wished to champion a
proposal or objection, it would not be considered at all.