Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2014 17:44:02 +0500 From: Jordan Hubbard <jkh@ixsystems.com> To: David Chisnall <theraven@FreeBSD.org> Cc: svn-src-head@freebsd.org, Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@FreeBSD.org>, src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r264042 - in head: include lib/libc/gen lib/libc/include lib/libc/stdlib Message-ID: <6A02504F-5543-4F91-92F6-7B4FB9A34DC4@ixsystems.com> In-Reply-To: <2E0EC8CB-B3EE-4DB8-A33D-58FD2107F14D@FreeBSD.org> References: <201404021607.s32G7mhw051355@svn.freebsd.org> <20140404115256.GA85137@ivaldir.etoilebsd.net> <F2A33EA8-14F2-4D62-9021-9023A1751E48@FreeBSD.org> <8D6AF193-A5A3-4A28-A230-97A543395ACA@ixsystems.com> <2E0EC8CB-B3EE-4DB8-A33D-58FD2107F14D@FreeBSD.org>
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On Apr 4, 2014, at 5:33 PM, David Chisnall <theraven@FreeBSD.org> wrote: > The slight problem, however, is that we would still like to be able to = build the base system with a more or less standard C compiler. Blocks = are in clang and are slowly making their way into commercial compilers, = but the only two versions of gcc that support them are the ones shipped = by Apple and FreeBSD. =20 Huh. Can I ask what specific need is driving that? As you point out, = you=92ve got clang and you=92ve also got the blocks support from Apple = gcc back-ported, so that covers all the architectures you could possibly = want to generate code for. Wanting to hold base to some retro K&R = standard for its own sake seems=85 weird=85 so I must be missing some = part of the need statement, hence my question? Thanks, - Jordan
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