RFA: how to handle union wait portably?

[Michael Sokolov]

Richard Henderson <rth@redhat.com> wrote:

> You could also modify the sys/wait test to fail if we can compile
> something we ought not be able to do.

How would it know that it ought not be able to compile something that compiles
and works 100% correctly? By ESP?

> I.e.  detect PCC brokenness.  

Would you mind using more respectful terminology? PCC is not broken, it just
deliberately chooses to implement a different version of the language (one
compatible with its predecessor, Ritchie's original compiler) than the one you
have deliberately chosen to implement (ISO C).

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