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Article #5521Re: __STDC__ and non-strictly conforming ANSI C compilers
From: Joe English
Date: Wed, 21 Dec 1988 04:25
Date: Wed, 21 Dec 1988 04:25
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In article <22765@watmath.waterloo.edu> rbutterworth@watmath.waterloo.edu (Ray Butterworth) writes: >The only thing that is guaranteed is that "#if !defined(__STDC__)" >will guarantee that the compiler is NOT an ANSI Standard C compiler. > True, since the "defined" directive does not exist in many pre-dpANS compilers and will cause an error! I'm still unclear on the meaning of __STDC__... does it mean "supports prototypes, void, signed, etc.," or "strictly conforming, no extensions?" Or is this not specified? --Joe English english@lipari.usc.edu
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-lcc!ames!pasteur!ucbvax!ucsd!orion.cf.uci.edu!oberon!stromboli.usc.edu!english From: english@stromboli.usc.edu (Joe English) Newsgroups: comp.std.c Subject: Re: __STDC__ and non-strictly conforming ANSI C compilers Summary: defined not defined? Message-ID: <14179@oberon.USC.EDU> Date: 21 Dec 88 04:25:32 GMT References: <3236@pegasus.ATT.COM> <9167@smoke.BRL.MIL> <1988Dec15.183822.2559@utzoo.uucp> <22765@watmath.waterloo.edu> Sender: news@oberon.USC.EDU Reply-To: english@stromboli.usc.edu (Joe English) Distribution: na Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA Lines: 17