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Re: [patch] Fix for BZ #15366 (ignore __STDC_LIMIT_MACROS, __STDC_CONSTANT_MACROS)
- From: Rich Felker <dalias at aerifal dot cx>
- To: Richard Smith <richardsmith at google dot com>
- Cc: Paul Pluzhnikov <ppluzhnikov at google dot com>, Florian Weimer <fweimer at redhat dot com>, libc-alpha at sourceware dot org
- Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2013 17:33:49 -0400
- Subject: Re: [patch] Fix for BZ #15366 (ignore __STDC_LIMIT_MACROS, __STDC_CONSTANT_MACROS)
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On Mon, Apr 22, 2013 at 01:25:01PM -0700, Richard Smith wrote:
> I've done a little more digging. The text was added to C here (I can
> find no indication that they liaised with the C++ committee before
> adding it):
>
> http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg14/www/docs/n851.htm
>
> and it was removed as an *editorial* change here:
>
> http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg14/www/docs/n1426.pdf
It *is* an editorial, or at least non-normative, change, because it's
irrelevant to C implementations and applications. It was attempting to
specify behavior for C++ implementations, which is outside the scope
of the C standard.
Rich