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Re: GCC headers and DJGPP port
- To: Mike Stump <mrs at windriver dot com>
- Subject: Re: GCC headers and DJGPP port
- From: Zack Weinberg <zack at wolery dot cumb dot org>
- Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2000 17:40:25 -0700
- Cc: djgpp-workers at delorie dot com, eliz at is dot elta dot co dot il, gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org, martin at loewis dot home dot cs dot tu-berlin dot de
- References: <200007230023.RAA01633@kankakee.wrs.com>
On Sat, Jul 22, 2000 at 05:23:25PM -0700, Mike Stump wrote:
> > From: Zack Weinberg <zack@wolery.cumb.org>
> > Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2000 16:02:26 -0700
> > To: Mike Stump <mrs@windriver.com>
>
> > A similar argument can be made for assert.h, stddef.h, and possibly
> > float.h, but these headers do not cause nearly as much trouble as
> > limits.h. Limits.h must die.
>
> If we do this, we should do them all enmass, and then be willing to
> seek out and test on lots of platforms to make sure we don't introduce
> new bugs.
Agreed, this would be a major intrusive change, and would require
heavy testing.
Now seems like a good time to do it, to me - we are working on a new
major version, after all.
zw