Still a lot of C++ files getting "fixed"
Mark Mitchell
mark@codesourcery.com
Tue Jan 25 12:13:00 GMT 2000
>>>>> "Matt" == Matt Austern <austern@isolde.engr.sgi.com> writes:
Matt> On Jan 25, 11:56am, Mark Mitchell wrote:
Kaveh> IIRC, we're doing the C++ comments fix so that -ansi will
Kaveh> work with system vendor headers with // in them, right?
>> My recollection is that this can change the meaning of some
>> ANSI/ISO C programs. But, I don't remember how, so I could be
>> wrong.
Matt> x = y //**/z ;
Thanks for reminding me.
Matt> I tend to think that anyone who puts this kind of garbage in
Matt> a header deserves what they get, of course.
True. But, -ansi is specifically documented to be pedantically ANSI;
that's its whole purpose in life. So, either we should can it, or
make sure it does what it's there fore.
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