Date: 28 May 1998 00:29:28 -0000 From: "Brian Feldman" <brianfeldman@hotmail.com> To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Replacing gcc as the system compiler (was Re: Fix Message-ID: <19980528002928.19833.qmail@m2.findmail.com> In-Reply-To: <19980527225647.36082@follo.net>
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Yep, being able to use NULL casted to void * is part of the C standard. Brian Feldman > On Wed, May 27, 1998 at 10:04:11PM +0200, Robert Nordier wrote: > > You may need -ltdf during linking. > > What does this contain? > > Have you looked closely at XANDF? I'm seeing two real hurdles (beyond > inertia) in using this as our main compiler: The use of asm() for some > macros in the kernel, and the use of linker sets. What do you think > our chance of working around these are? > > > There is currently an unresolved bug in i386 long long support: avoid > > casting to long long. > > There is also what looks like a bug in handling of NULL - it doesn't > allow the use of ((void *)0) as NULL for function pointers. > > I may remember the C standard incorrectly (I haven't looked it up), > but I think it is required to. > > Eivind. > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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