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Re: cp/decl.c


On Sun, Dec 23, 2001 at 09:48:14AM -0500, Jeffrey Turner wrote:
> >
> >> Don't advertise this please, but I've been thinking about
> >> reopening the K&R compat issue for 3.2, since it's getting
> >> pretty anachronistic.
> >
> >Judging from Phil Edward's response, you aren't the only one.
> 
> This really makes sense - only the bootstrap section of
> code should maintain maximum backward compatibility.
> All other code, which ought to be compiled by gcc, should
> be written using modern syntax.

This was addressed upthread.

> I would like to join as a card-carrying maintainer myself.
> I'm looking into breaking cp/decl.c into smaller files.
> I hope this would include cp/decl2.c and their headers as
> well.

I'm not a C++ maintainer but this sounds like a good idea.  (Breaking
up huge files is usually a good idea.)

> Is anyone working on getting rid of system.h by making configure do
> the work?

You're severely confused about the purpose of system.h if you think
this is desirable.

zw


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