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Article #2518Re: Want the word on __STDC__
From: Doug Gwyn
Date: Mon, 04 Mar 1991 16:50
Date: Mon, 04 Mar 1991 16:50
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In article <4203@lupine.NCD.COM> rfg@NCD.COM (Ron Guilmette) writes: >I assume that you also get irrate about implementors who define __STDC__ >to something other than 1. I have no problem with an otherwise CONFORMING implementation defining __STDC__ to something other than 1, although why would it? At least that does not cause problems for strictly conforming applications. >The corresponding three "compilation modes" are (respectively): But that is NOT what __STDC__ means according to the C standard, which is why there is a problem with people trying to use it for other purposes.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!yale!cmcl2!adm!smoke!gwyn From: gwyn@smoke.brl.mil (Doug Gwyn) Newsgroups: comp.std.c Subject: Re: Want the word on __STDC__ Message-ID: <15381@smoke.brl.mil> Date: 4 Mar 91 16:50:57 GMT References: <4755@lib.tmc.edu> <15260@smoke.brl.mil> <4203@lupine.NCD.COM> Organization: U.S. Army Ballistic Research Laboratory, APG, MD. Lines: 13