Date: Fri, 21 Feb 1997 08:53:58 +0000
From: Bill Currie <billc AT blackmagic DOT tait DOT co DOT nz>
Subject: Re: Does DJGPP allow pascal calling convention ?
To: peter DOT gerwinski AT uni-essen DOT de
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Peter Gerwinski wrote:
> (* I personally find those double parentheses very funny.  Has anybody
> an idea why they are doubled? :*)

I beleive it's so you can define an __attribute__(x) macro when using
other compilers.  The use of the double parentheses allows commas to be
used in the args to __attribute__, which I think is used for specifying
multiple attributes.

Bill
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