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Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2006 11:01:03 +1000 (EST)
Subject: Re: djgpp CVS patches
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<quote who="DJ Delorie">
> You're confusing *using* libc with *building* libc.

No. Actually... I wasn't.

> Yes, we should
> keep compatibility with old compilers for *using* libc, but we're
> allowed to use the latest released compilers for *building* libc.

IMHO we should be allowed to use the last several recent ones, as well.
Like I said ... within last, say, three years? That being said, I can't
say that I completely understand why the descision was made to embed the
external definition of a string value in the compiler distribution, but
OK... whatever...maybe that's the standard way of doing it?

> In the past, we've found that enabling as many warnings-as-errors as
> we can has helped us keep djgpp's runtime very stable, and I plan on
> continuing that tradition :-)

Well, I agree with that. Which makes backward portability a special
challenge  :) But I really don't see the sense in getting into a bigger
discussion on these aspects now...

BTW, how does Markus' patch measure up in your opinion, Mr. Delorie? That
is, as I see it, actually the primary topic of this thread :)

regards,
Ben Decker
www.caddit.net


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