From: Martin Stromberg <Martin DOT Stromberg AT lu DOT erisoft DOT se>
Message-Id: <199811021127.MAA03095@mars.lu.erisoft.se>
Subject: Re: specs file
To: djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com (DJGPP-WORKERS)
Date: Mon, 2 Nov 1998 12:27:49 +0100 (MET)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.SUN.3.91.981102130737.11877B-100000@is> from "Eli Zaretskii" at Nov 2, 98 01:12:14 pm
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> > On the other hand if a program needs to know __DJGPP_MINOR and such, it
> > really should include some header (version.h?) for that.
> 
> ANSI C allows for a program to be written that doesn't include any 
> headers, and still uses library functions.  The problem is how to make
> __DJGPP__ and __DJGPP_MINOR__ be defined in such a program.  For 
> exxample, i386 and __MSDOS__ *will* be defined in such a program.

Of course. But ANSI C doesn't require that the program works as intended
if no headers have been #included, does it?

Anyway, if the program _needs_ to have __DJGPP__, say, available, then 
can't we insist on "#include version.h"?


Right,

                                                        MartinS