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Re: Declarations after statements in front ends

From: Andrew Pinski <pinskia at physics dot uc dot edu>
To: Robert Dewar <dewar at gnat dot com>
Cc: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org, Bryce McKinlay <mckinlay at redhat dot com>, Zack Weinberg <zack at codesourcery dot com>
Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2004 19:26:57 -0400
Subject: Re: Declarations after statements in front ends
References: <41768608.8040706@redhat.com> <87vfd5nx1p.fsf@codesourcery.com> <4176EBC0.6080505@gnat.com>

On Oct 20, 2004, at 6:50 PM, Robert Dewar wrote:

Zack Weinberg wrote:

I would go even farther, and say that *all* front ends must be coded
in ISO C90, and we should be compiling everything with -pedantic.


I don't see the need for this restriction. It seems to me that only
the C compiler need obey this rule. I see no reason why other front
ends cannot use GNU C extensions. So Zack, can you give your
reasoning here. To me, the restriction in non-C front ends seems
unnecessary and unhelpful.


This extension is not implemented in gcc 2.95.3 so compiling
a cross compiler will not work any more.

-- Pinski

References:
- Declarations after statements in front ends
  - From: Bryce McKinlay
- Re: Declarations after statements in front ends
  - From: Zack Weinberg
- Re: Declarations after statements in front ends
  - From: Robert Dewar

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