From owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG  Sat Mar  7 11:19:45 2009
Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG>
Delivered-To: arch@FreeBSD.ORG
Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34])
	by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 282F11065675
	for <arch@FreeBSD.ORG>; Sat,  7 Mar 2009 11:19:45 +0000 (UTC)
	(envelope-from luigi@onelab2.iet.unipi.it)
Received: from onelab2.iet.unipi.it (onelab2.iet.unipi.it [131.114.9.129])
	by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E43E78FC23
	for <arch@FreeBSD.ORG>; Sat,  7 Mar 2009 11:19:44 +0000 (UTC)
	(envelope-from luigi@onelab2.iet.unipi.it)
Received: by onelab2.iet.unipi.it (Postfix, from userid 275)
	id C089B73098; Sat,  7 Mar 2009 12:24:49 +0100 (CET)
Date: Sat, 7 Mar 2009 12:24:49 +0100
From: Luigi Rizzo <rizzo@iet.unipi.it>
To: arch@FreeBSD.ORG
Message-ID: <20090307112449.GB45088@onelab2.iet.unipi.it>
References: <20090307103138.GA34456@zim.MIT.EDU>
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Content-Disposition: inline
In-Reply-To: <20090307103138.GA34456@zim.MIT.EDU>
User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i
Cc: 
Subject: Re: C99 inlines
X-BeenThere: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5
Precedence: list
List-Id: Discussion related to FreeBSD architecture <freebsd-arch.freebsd.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-arch>,
	<mailto:freebsd-arch-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-arch>
List-Post: <mailto:freebsd-arch@freebsd.org>
List-Help: <mailto:freebsd-arch-request@freebsd.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-arch>,
	<mailto:freebsd-arch-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe>
X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 07 Mar 2009 11:19:45 -0000

On Sat, Mar 07, 2009 at 05:31:38AM -0500, David Schultz wrote:
> I'd like the gcc in our tree to use the C99 semantics instead of GNU
> semantics for inline functions in C99 and GNU99 mode. The following
> patch implements this behavior.  It is based on a snapshot of the gcc
> 4.3 branch from March 2007, prior to the GPLv3 switch.
> 
>     http://www.freebsd.org/~das/c99inline.diff
...
> What do people think about this?

would you be able to provide a short summary of how the C99 and
GNU99 semantics differ, so that people will have a easier time
figuring out how to handle the change ?

Especially, is there anything that a developer should worry about,
or except from some corner cases the switch will (and should) be
completely transparent to the average developer without a specific
interest in compilers ?

I know what I am asking is probably in the diff you supplied,
but it's a bit difficult to follow there

	thanks
	luigi