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From: Heribert Dahms <heribert_dahms AT icon-scm DOT com>
To: "'Alex Song'" <alexs AT pdd DOT edmi DOT com DOT au>,
   Michael A Chase
	 <mchase AT ix DOT netcom DOT com>, cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: RE: gcc bug, cygwin specific cygwin-1.3.10-1 gcc-2.95.3-5
Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2002 00:34:38 +0100
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Hi,

FWIW, on HP-UX 10.20, "man end" says it's XPG2.
I wanted to check the Single Unix Specification,
but my browser currently has some trouble.
You may try yourself clicking "D - F" on:
http://www.unix-systems.org/apis.html


Bye, Heribert (heribert_dahms AT icon-scm DOT com)

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Alex Song [SMTP:alexs AT pdd DOT edmi DOT com DOT au]
> Sent:	Wednesday, March 13, 2002 08:14
> To:	Michael A Chase; cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
> Subject:	RE: gcc bug, cygwin specific cygwin-1.3.10-1 gcc-2.95.3-5
> 
> hi,
> 
> is end being a global variable specific to the C language (which i doubt)
> ? to
> gcc ? to cygwin ? to windows ? or is it ALWAYS the case ?
> 
> thank you very much for your help.
> 
> cheers,
> 
> alex
> 
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
> ------
> Alex Song
> DESIGN ENGINEER
> EDMI Product Development Division
> alexs AT pdd DOT edmi DOT com DOT au
> Ph : +61 7 3881 6443
> FAX : +61 7 3881 6420
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Michael A Chase [mailto:mchase AT ix DOT netcom DOT com]
> > Sent: Wednesday, 13 March 2002 3:58 PM
> > To: Alex Song; cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
> > Subject: Re: gcc bug, cygwin specific cygwin-1.3.10-1 gcc-2.95.3-5
> >
> >
> > 'end' is not a reserved word, it's a global variable name.  In other
> > environments, overwriting it may not cause an immediate disaster, but
> > probably will eventually.
> > --
> > Mac :})
> 
	[Heribert]  [snip]


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