Re: Manx 3.6a compiler bug

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From: Avery Shealey
Date: Mon, 06 Jun 1988 00:32

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In article <173@snll-arpagw.UUCP> paolucci@snll-arpagw.UUCP (Sam Paolucci) writes:
>Here is a bug in the Manx 3.6a compiler.  It seems that the compiler knows 
>about the "const" keyword but is not using it.  I tried to E-Mail this
>to Jim Goodnow but the mail keeps bouncing back to me.  I would appreciate
>if someone would pass this along to him.  Here is the four line sample
>followed by the two compilation outputs.  By the way, the manual says that
>internal error 17 means that that data type is not supported. I can't win
>in this situation.
>

I have talked to Manx and the error is correct. The compiler recognizes
the words const, volatile, and (something else I can't remember). These
words are reserved as it says in the manual. Manx said they will be supported
in 4.x.

/avery

Avery Shealey
School of Information & Computer Science, Georgia Tech, Atlanta GA 30332
Internet:  conn@boa.gatech.edu	 CSNet:  conn%boa@gatech	
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Avery Shealey
School of Information & Computer Science, Georgia Tech, Atlanta GA 30332
Internet:  conn@boa.gatech.edu	 CSNet:  conn%boa@gatech

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Subject: Re: Manx 3.6a compiler bug
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