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Re: Add -std=c18 etc. option aliases

From: Joseph Myers <joseph at codesourcery dot com>
To: Mike Stump <mikestump at comcast dot net>
Cc: <gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org>
Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2017 23:34:07 +0000
Subject: Re: Add -std=c18 etc. option aliases
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On Thu, 16 Nov 2017, Mike Stump wrote:

> date on it.  If there was no major release with c17, I would ditch the 
> c17 spelling and just change it to c18 now.  :-)  I know, kinda sucks, 

There is no evidence yet of anyone using the C18 name.  So far, it's 
consistently being referred to as C17 in development, even after the 
timescale for the ballot / publication has become clear.  But given the 
possibility that some people might think of it as C18 based on the 
publication date, being prepared with aliases seems useful.

The name -std=iso9899:2017 follows the precedent of -std=iso9899:199409 in 
being based on the __STDC_VERSION__ value rather than the publication 
date.

-- 
Joseph S. Myers
joseph@codesourcery.com

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