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Re: ANSIfy cp/parser.c
- From: Bruce Korb <bkorb at veritas dot com>
- To: GCC-patches <gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org>, Nathanael Nerode <neroden at twcny dot rr dot com>
- Date: Thu, 09 Jan 2003 07:42:12 -0800
- Subject: Re: ANSIfy cp/parser.c
- Reply-to: bkorb at veritas dot com
> First of all, we clearly *are* going to reexamine it. It only exists
> because HP still ships a K&R compiler by default with HPUX; this has to
> end or become irrelevant sometime.
Is there a problem with forcing people who don't have the HP /opt/ansic
compiler to either use a prebuilt or bootstrap with an older GCC?
I am forever curious why it is important to self-hobble development
when the 0.01% of GCC clients with this problem have workarounds.