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Re: Does "complex xxx" work?
Gabriel Dos Reis <gdr@integrable-solutions.net> writes:
> Scott Robert Ladd <coyote@coyotegulch.com> writes:
>
> | H. J. Lu wrote:
> | > c_common_nodes_and_builtins calls
> | >
> | > (*lang_hooks.decls.pushdecl) (build_decl (TYPE_DECL,
> | > get_identifier ("complex float"),
> | > complex_float_type_node));
> | [snip]
> | >
> | > What are they used for? I still can't use any of those in C++.
> |
> | C99 defines a new keyword, _Complex, for creating various complex
> | number types; by including <complex.h>, a programmer can used the
> | synonym "complex" for "_Complex".
> |
> | I've used these types in gcc-compiled C99 programs, so they must work.
>
> I believe the real question was: Why does GCC treat "complex" (not
> _Complex) as keyword? Clearly that is a bug in GCC.
It's a historical extension.
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