Strange behaviour gcc 3.0

[Neil Booth]

Igmar Palsenberg wrote:-

> Indeed, that is why I find this change in gcc 3.0 strange. Older versions
> never complained about it, gcc 3.0 makes it an error. I don't understand
> the reason for this change, but I'm not a compiler guru :)

Older versions *would* complain about it, if they were given the
chance.

However, there is a test in glibc that only defines them as macros if
the GCC version is larger than something like 2.96.  Just to confuse
the issue further.

Neil.