small patch to c-pragma.c
Jeffrey A Law
law@cygnus.com
Wed Jun 30 23:07:00 GMT 1999
In message < 14186.28364.279891.221673@bass.compgen.com >you write:
> Hello,
>
> I have a very small patch to egcs-1.1.2
>
> Basically, I just want to add a case statement to c-pragma to handle
>
> #pragma pack(8)
>
> for 64 bit architectures.
>
> I have read the dogma about how terrible it is to use #pragma pack(),
> but our code has it all over the place and we can't really see a
> feasable alternative. We pass over 100 different structures around in
> network packets and binary databases and have to work in a
> mixed-endien environment.
We're not adding any new patches to the egcs-1.1.x sources since no new
releases
based on those sources are planned.
We are nearly ready to release gcc-2.95 (aka egcs-1.2) which will support
#pragma pack(8) as far as I can tell.
jeff
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