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From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
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To: Mike Barcroft <mike@FreeBSD.ORG>
Cc: Tony Finch <dot@dotat.at>, <standards@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject: Re: default gcc conformance mode
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On Thu, 27 Feb 2003, Mike Barcroft wrote:

> Tony Finch <dot@dotat.at> writes:
> > Should the default conformance mode of gcc be C99+extensions rather
> > than C89+extensions? This would make the -pedantic option more useful.
>
> I think some would argue against it, since we don't have a complete
> C99 library yet.

Yes.  We also don't have a complete C99 compiler.  At least the floating
point arithmetic on i386's is non-conforming.

Bruce


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