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Matthias Andree wrote:

> Now, Cygwin 1.5 and 1.7 appear to lack long double library support in
> libc/libm -- which is required for a hosted C99 implementation however,
> but not for a freestanding C99 implementation.
> 
> Trying to solve this, I found another Cygwin issue: GCC 3.4.4 sets
> __STDC_HOSTED__ to 1 by default (that's a GCC factory default).

  Just FTR, Cygwin-1.5 and gcc-3.4.4 are end-of-life and will never be updated
again.

> I propose that this gets overridden to 0 in Cygwin-ported GCC compilers
> until the library support for a C99-conforming full hosted
> implementation is in place, so that applications can safely check

  Sorry, I don't think that's a good idea.  There are a whole world of other
differences implied by the freestanding-vs-hosted distinction that I think it
would not be wise for the compiler to lie about.  It is indeed unfortunate
that our C library support (which derives from newlib) is incomplete, and this
gap between theory and practice is what autoconf was invented to bridge.
(Autoconf is of course a compromise born of necessity which in an ideal world
wouldn't exist.  But at least it means these problems can be dealt with in a
practical and systematic fashion.)

  It mightn't be too hard to get long double support into newlib, but it's all
a matter of someone having the time and wherewithal to actually do it.

    cheers,
      DaveK

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