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Re: Respin: C/C++/ObjC numeric constant parsing overhaul
- To: Zack Weinberg <zack at codesourcery dot com>
- Subject: Re: Respin: C/C++/ObjC numeric constant parsing overhaul
- From: "Joseph S. Myers" <jsm28 at cam dot ac dot uk>
- Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2001 11:40:46 +0100 (BST)
- cc: <gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org>
On Sat, 13 Oct 2001, Zack Weinberg wrote:
> This chunk of the documentation is very old and I'm not sure it is
> that useful anymore. I agree we need a general "differences between
> C89 and C99" section of the manual, also possibly "differences between
> C99 and very similar but not identical GNU extensions", but I don't
> think it comes out of this section.
Since a recent bug report was confused about this issue, that particular
entry is still useful. (However, the current form of that section as
incompatibilites with traditional C is no longer appropriate; some items
should move to Disappointments and Misunderstandings and some to
Interoperation, and some should die.)
--
Joseph S. Myers
jsm28@cam.ac.uk