cp/cdecl.c

[Phil Edwards]

On Sat, Dec 22, 2001 at 03:28:43PM -0500, Jeff Sturm wrote:
> On Sat, 22 Dec 2001, Jeffrey Turner wrote:
> > BTW, if it is C++ why does it have old K&R function syntax?
> 
> Good question... cp/decl.c (along with the rest of cp/*.c) is intended to
> be compiled by gcc (and only gcc, try it with an ISO C compiler).  I don't
> understand the adherence to K&R myself.

The goal -- toward which we're slowly but surely moving -- is to have more
code shared by the C family of front-ends, which means they all need to
be written in the same language variant.

Right now the language variant is K&R C.  We're pushing to have this
(outdated overly restrictive) rule changed to require only a C89 bootstrap
compiler.  Any platform for which only a K&R C compiler is available needs
to die^W^W^Wcan build GCC 3.0 to start with, and more recent versions can
be built with /that/ in turn.


Phil

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