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Article #5664altering __STDC__
From: Henry Spencer
Date: Mon, 23 Jan 1989 20:06
Date: Mon, 23 Jan 1989 20:06
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In article <915@sfmin.UUCP> dfp@attunix.att.com (Dave Prosser) writes: >On another point, it was stated that __STDC__ cannot be undefined or >its value be changed. This is not true. The behavior of a program that >attempts such operations is undefined. (See section 3.8.8.) No diagnostic >is required nor is an implementation constrained to ignore the request. Sigh, "shall" outside a Constraints section strikes again... I hope any sensible implementor would opt to produce a diagnostic for this rather than just letting it slide. And I sure hope *somebody* proofread the whole draft to make sure that all the "shall"s that were really supposed to mean "shall" were inside Constraints sections... -- Allegedly heard aboard Mir: "A | Henry Spencer at U of Toronto Zoology toast to comrade Van Allen!!" | uunet!attcan!utzoo!henry henry@zoo.toronto.edu
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Newsgroups: comp.std.c Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!henry From: henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer) Subject: altering __STDC__ Message-ID: <1989Jan23.200628.10932@utzoo.uucp> Organization: U of Toronto Zoology References: <9422@smoke.BRL.MIL> <9445@smoke.BRL.MIL> <9436@smoke.BRL.MIL> <12570003@hpclsue.HP.COM> <915@sfmin.UUCP> Date: Mon, 23 Jan 89 20:06:28 GMT