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Re: Macros and K&R

From: Andrew Cagney <ac131313 at cygnus dot com>
To: Boris Tschirschwitz <boris at math dot ubc dot ca>
Cc: binutils at sources dot redhat dot com
Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2001 10:41:37 -0500
Subject: Re: Macros and K&R
References: <Pine.GSO.4.33.0112170341080.1624-100000@percy.math.ubc.ca>

> Hi.
> 
> I am wondering if more macro facilities would be welcome in 'gas' or if
> they should go into 'gasp'.
> 
> On a side note: Is there another good reason for sticking to K&R C syntax
> besides the amount of time it would take to change it?


Well, that problem didn't appear to stop GDB :-)

More seriously, you can do it in stages.  First change the requirement 
to be that new code use ISO C and then later allow someone to wander 
through and fix the old code (or even decide it is obvious :-).

Andrew

References:
- Macros and K&R
  - From: Boris Tschirschwitz

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