egcs needs a system.h?

Jeffrey A Law law@cygnus.com
Tue Feb 3 23:22:00 GMT 1998


  In message < 199802031901.OAA05382@caip.rutgers.edu >you write:
  > Jeff,
  > 
  > 	Would it be useful to create a system.h file for egcs/gcc which
  > includes the standard system headers and checks various other autoconf
  > macros like the NEED_DECLARATION_* stuff, then have all C files include
  > "system.h" instead of doing all that work individually?
  > 
  > 	(Or does such a file already exist and I'm missing it?
  > The gansidecl.h file seems close but not quite.  There's some autoconf
  > cruft at the bottom, but I think this file should really only check
  > __STDC__ and nothing autoconf'ish.)
Well, there's config.h and hconfig.h, which would probably be the
natural places, except that they're auto-generated.

It's probably a good idea.

jef



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