[PATCH]: kill HOST_PTR_PRINTF

Segher Boessenkool segher@kernel.crashing.org
Tue Aug 16 08:15:00 GMT 2005


> | Beyond the "-Werror would have barfed" rationale, I have more 
> evidence
> | that %p works everywhere we host GCC.  If you look at the sources,
> | there are already a few uses of %p that have snuck in.  So if it was 
> a
> | problem we would have known by now.
> |
> | Do we assert for any other C90 features before using them?
>
> As I understand it we do require ISO C90 compiler, but not ISO C90
> library.  Given that, either
>
>   (1) the lack of assertion of ISO C90 library function is a bug; or
>   (2) we move on assuming ISO C90 library.
>
> If we don't do (2) then failing to assert is not a feature.

So let's do (2).  Does anyone disagree, and even if not,
is this a job for the SC to decide?


Segher



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