ANSIfy cp/parser.c

[Stan Shebs]

Jim Wilson wrote:

>>Has binutils abandoned K&R syntax, or would it follow GCC in this? 
>>
>
>There is a general consensus among binutils developers that switching from
>K&R to C89 is a good idea.  However, since binutils is required by some
>targets for bootstrapping gcc, and gcc has the policy that bootstraps should
>be possible with K&R compilers, a binutils switch would break gcc.  Therefore,
>they are waiting for gcc to switch first.
>
I believe the consensus from last year was for the SC to review the K&R
requirement periodically.  With 3.3 branched and 3.4 hacking proceeding
apace, this seems like a good a time as any to see if K&R compatibility
still looks as valuable as it did before.

Stan