From:	Joe Buck <jbuck AT racerx DOT synopsys DOT com>
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Subject:	Re: GCC headers and DJGPP port
To:	lauras AT softhome DOT net (Laurynas Biveinis)
Date:	Wed, 19 Jul 2000 08:24:23 -0700 (PDT)
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	martin AT loewis DOT home DOT cs DOT tu-berlin DOT de, gcc AT gcc DOT gnu DOT org
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> Mike Stump wrote:
> > Well, I reviewed stddef.h, as it is one of the culprits.  After
> > reading it, I came to the conclusion that we can probably eject it
> > from the compiler safely.  It does seem like there is little reason to
> > have it in the compiler, better to be apart of newlib, of glibc, and
> > then all the complexity of it, and the heartache it causes, goes
> > away, permanently.
> 
> I like this idea. Any objections?

Wouldn't it break the SunOS4 port, or other ports where we're
bootstrapping from an ancient K&R environment and the C library
is highly nonstandard?

(I suppose stddef.h could be omitted only on the platforms where it
causes problems.)

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