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Re: Right C version for GCC

From Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk>
Newsgroups comp.lang.c
Subject Re: Right C version for GCC
Date 2015-11-09 17:07 +0000
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Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> writes:

> On Monday, November 9, 2015 at 3:01:00 PM UTC, Ben Bacarisse wrote:
>> Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> writes:
>> 
>> The committee doesn't work like that.  They don't break existing code to
>> avoid confusions on web forums.  To fear that a feature will vanish from
>> the language because you saw someone comment about it being not entirely
>> clear is, frankly, daft.
>> 
>> By all means say it's bad style (it surely it) but I can't imagine that
>> it's not going to be changed by the committee.  After all, it's survived
>> decades of opportunities for that.
>> 
> The committee don't have the final say. Implementors of C compilers do.
> Some of them might implement compilers which support a subset of C,
> others a superset. The so-called superset might actually be sloppily defined,
> such that the code is effectively a superset of commonly used C features,
> but will break if passed peculiar C. (The 11["Isn't this fun"] == 'f' syntax might
> have been hijacked for a hash table / associative array for instance.
>
> By sticking to the conservative core, you do as much as you can to protect 
> against such problems.

Yes, I don't have a problem with the concept, only the specific advice
and your evidence for it.

-- 
Ben.

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Right C version for GCC "Morten W. Petersen" <morphex@gmail.com> - 2015-11-08 16:49 +0100
  Re: Right C version for GCC "Morten W. Petersen" <morphex@gmail.com> - 2015-11-08 19:29 +0100
  Re: Right C version for GCC Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2015-11-08 11:46 -0800
    Re: Right C version for GCC Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2015-11-08 20:03 +0000
      Re: Right C version for GCC Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2015-11-08 12:18 -0800
    Re: Right C version for GCC "Morten W. Petersen" <morphex@gmail.com> - 2015-11-08 21:14 +0100
      Re: Right C version for GCC Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2015-11-08 12:25 -0800
        Re: Right C version for GCC supercat@casperkitty.com - 2015-11-08 13:06 -0800
          Re: Right C version for GCC Philip Lantz <prl@canterey.us> - 2015-11-08 14:52 -0800
            Re: Right C version for GCC supercat@casperkitty.com - 2015-11-08 15:12 -0800
              Re: Right C version for GCC David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2015-11-09 09:38 +0100
              Re: Right C version for GCC Nick Bowler <nbowler@draconx.ca> - 2015-11-09 19:04 +0000
                Re: Right C version for GCC supercat@casperkitty.com - 2015-11-09 11:27 -0800
            Re: Right C version for GCC BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-11-09 00:00 +0000
        Re: Right C version for GCC Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-11-08 16:35 -0800
    Re: Right C version for GCC supercat@casperkitty.com - 2015-11-08 12:37 -0800
      Re: Right C version for GCC Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2015-11-08 12:58 -0800
        Re: Right C version for GCC supercat@casperkitty.com - 2015-11-08 13:19 -0800
    Re: Right C version for GCC Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-11-08 21:49 +0000
      Re: Right C version for GCC Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2015-11-08 14:14 -0800
        Re: Right C version for GCC Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-11-09 01:02 +0000
          Re: Right C version for GCC Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2015-11-09 02:26 -0800
            Re: Right C version for GCC David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2015-11-09 12:53 +0100
            Re: Right C version for GCC Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-11-09 15:00 +0000
              Re: Right C version for GCC Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2015-11-09 08:55 -0800
                Re: Right C version for GCC Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-11-09 17:07 +0000
                Re: Right C version for GCC supercat@casperkitty.com - 2015-11-09 09:51 -0800
                Re: Right C version for GCC jacobnavia <jacob@jacob.remcomp.fr> - 2015-11-09 19:01 +0100
                Re: Right C version for GCC "Morten W. Petersen" <morphex@gmail.com> - 2015-11-09 19:16 +0100
                Re: Right C version for GCC supercat@casperkitty.com - 2015-11-09 11:24 -0800
                Re: Right C version for GCC "Morten W. Petersen" <morphex@gmail.com> - 2015-11-09 20:30 +0100
                Re: Right C version for GCC jacobnavia <jacob@jacob.remcomp.fr> - 2015-11-09 20:40 +0100
            Re: Right C version for GCC Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-11-09 08:56 -0800
              Re: Right C version for GCC Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2015-11-09 09:41 -0800
                Re: Right C version for GCC gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2015-11-09 17:44 +0000
                Re: Right C version for GCC Philipp Klaus Krause <pkk@spth.de> - 2015-11-09 18:53 +0100
                Re: Right C version for GCC Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-11-09 18:00 +0000
                Re: Right C version for GCC Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2015-11-09 10:27 -0800
                Re: Right C version for GCC Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-11-09 11:17 -0800
                Re: Right C version for GCC glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2015-11-09 22:59 +0000
                Re: Right C version for GCC Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-11-09 11:15 -0800
                Re: Right C version for GCC Philipp Klaus Krause <pkk@spth.de> - 2015-11-12 16:47 +0100
                Re: Right C version for GCC Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-11-12 09:24 -0800
                Re: Right C version for GCC Philipp Klaus Krause <pkk@spth.de> - 2015-11-13 12:54 +0100
                Re: Right C version for GCC Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2015-11-13 12:01 -0800
                Re: Right C version for GCC Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-11-14 10:47 -0800
                Re: Right C version for GCC Philipp Klaus Krause <pkk@spth.de> - 2015-11-14 21:32 +0100
                Re: Right C version for GCC Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2015-11-14 16:57 -0800
                Re: Right C version for GCC Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-11-09 11:07 -0800
                Re: Right C version for GCC "Morten W. Petersen" <morphex@gmail.com> - 2015-11-09 20:18 +0100
                Re: Right C version for GCC Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-11-09 11:27 -0800
                Re: Right C version for GCC "Morten W. Petersen" <morphex@gmail.com> - 2015-11-09 20:41 +0100
                Re: Right C version for GCC Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-11-09 12:07 -0800
                Re: Right C version for GCC "Morten W. Petersen" <morphex@gmail.com> - 2015-11-09 21:12 +0100
                Re: Right C version for GCC glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2015-11-09 23:13 +0000
                Re: Right C version for GCC James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-11-09 19:02 -0500
                Re: Right C version for GCC raltbos@xs4all.nl (Richard Bos) - 2015-11-10 17:52 +0000
                Re: Right C version for GCC glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2015-11-10 21:34 +0000
                Re: Right C version for GCC raltbos@xs4all.nl (Richard Bos) - 2015-11-17 22:28 +0000
                Re: Right C version for GCC glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2015-11-18 00:51 +0000
                Re: Right C version for GCC James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-11-17 22:26 -0500
                Re: Right C version for GCC Philipp Klaus Krause <pkk@spth.de> - 2015-11-18 11:06 +0100
                Re: Right C version for GCC Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2015-11-09 15:37 -0800
                Re: Right C version for GCC Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2015-11-10 12:54 +1300
                Re: Right C version for GCC Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-11-09 16:14 -0800
                Re: Right C version for GCC supercat@casperkitty.com - 2015-11-09 16:37 -0800
                Re: Right C version for GCC Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-11-09 16:56 -0800
                Re: Right C version for GCC supercat@casperkitty.com - 2015-11-09 17:25 -0800
                Re: Right C version for GCC David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2015-11-10 10:37 +0100
                Re: Right C version for GCC Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2015-11-09 18:06 -0800
                Re: Right C version for GCC Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-11-09 18:51 -0800
                Re: Right C version for GCC supercat@casperkitty.com - 2015-11-10 08:40 -0800
                Re: Right C version for GCC raltbos@xs4all.nl (Richard Bos) - 2015-11-10 17:55 +0000
                Re: Right C version for GCC raltbos@xs4all.nl (Richard Bos) - 2015-11-10 17:50 +0000
                Re: Right C version for GCC "Morten W. Petersen" <morphex@gmail.com> - 2015-11-12 14:32 +0100
          Re: Right C version for GCC Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2015-11-09 10:35 +0000
      Re: Right C version for GCC Philipp Klaus Krause <pkk@spth.de> - 2015-11-08 23:57 +0100
        Re: Right C version for GCC "Morten W. Petersen" <morphex@gmail.com> - 2015-11-09 00:47 +0100
          Re: Right C version for GCC David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2015-11-09 13:01 +0100
            Re: Right C version for GCC "Morten W. Petersen" <morphex@gmail.com> - 2015-11-09 13:18 +0100
              Re: Right C version for GCC David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2015-11-09 14:01 +0100
        Re: Right C version for GCC Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-11-09 00:55 +0000
          Re: Right C version for GCC Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2015-11-09 10:42 +0000
            Re: Right C version for GCC Chad <cdalten@gmail.com> - 2015-11-09 03:03 -0800
              Re: Right C version for GCC Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2015-11-09 03:27 -0800
                Re: Right C version for GCC BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-11-09 12:28 +0000
                Re: Right C version for GCC Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2015-11-10 09:07 +0000
              Re: Right C version for GCC James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-11-09 07:37 -0500
            Re: Right C version for GCC Philipp Klaus Krause <pkk@spth.de> - 2015-11-09 16:57 +0100
      Re: Right C version for GCC David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2015-11-09 12:39 +0100
        Re: Right C version for GCC James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-11-09 13:18 -0500
          Re: Right C version for GCC David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2015-11-10 10:49 +0100
            Re: Right C version for GCC Les Cargill <lcargill99@comcast.com> - 2015-11-10 19:33 -0600
              Re: Right C version for GCC David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2015-11-11 13:34 +0100
                Re: Right C version for GCC supercat@casperkitty.com - 2015-11-11 06:53 -0800
    Re: Right C version for GCC Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-11-08 17:00 -0800
      Re: Right C version for GCC David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2015-11-09 13:37 +0100
      Re: Right C version for GCC Philipp Klaus Krause <pkk@spth.de> - 2015-11-09 13:53 +0100
    Re: Right C version for GCC BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-11-09 21:54 +0000
      Re: Right C version for GCC Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2015-11-09 15:45 -0800
        Re: Right C version for GCC David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2015-11-10 11:14 +0100
          Re: Right C version for GCC BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-11-10 10:53 +0000
          Re: Right C version for GCC Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2015-11-10 03:14 -0800
            Re: Right C version for GCC David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2015-11-10 13:00 +0100
              Re: Right C version for GCC BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-11-10 12:39 +0000
                Re: Right C version for GCC David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2015-11-10 15:11 +0100
                Re: Right C version for GCC Philipp Klaus Krause <pkk@spth.de> - 2015-11-10 16:16 +0100
                Re: Right C version for GCC David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2015-11-10 16:35 +0100
                Re: Right C version for GCC supercat@casperkitty.com - 2015-11-10 08:54 -0800
                Re: Right C version for GCC David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2015-11-10 18:56 +0100
                Re: Right C version for GCC Philipp Klaus Krause <pkk@spth.de> - 2015-11-10 23:27 +0100
                Re: Right C version for GCC raltbos@xs4all.nl (Richard Bos) - 2015-11-17 22:32 +0000
                Re: Right C version for GCC David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2015-11-18 08:44 +0100
                Re: Right C version for GCC raltbos@xs4all.nl (Richard Bos) - 2015-11-19 10:43 +0000
                Re: Right C version for GCC David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2015-11-19 12:29 +0100
                Re: Right C version for GCC raltbos@xs4all.nl (Richard Bos) - 2015-11-20 11:01 +0000
                Re: Right C version for GCC David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2015-11-21 15:50 +0100
                Re: Right C version for GCC Philipp Klaus Krause <pkk@spth.de> - 2015-11-18 11:13 +0100
              Re: Right C version for GCC Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2015-11-10 07:25 -0800
                Re: Right C version for GCC David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2015-11-10 16:42 +0100
                Re: Right C version for GCC supercat@casperkitty.com - 2015-11-10 08:48 -0800
                Re: Right C version for GCC Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2015-11-11 01:08 -0800
                Re: Right C version for GCC David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2015-11-11 13:43 +0100
                Re: Right C version for GCC Les Cargill <lcargill99@comcast.com> - 2015-11-11 08:27 -0600
                Re: Right C version for GCC David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2015-11-11 16:27 +0100
                Re: Right C version for GCC David Thompson <dave.thompson2@verizon.net> - 2015-12-06 07:57 -0500
                Re: Right C version for GCC David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2015-12-06 22:34 +0100
                Re: Right C version for GCC Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2015-12-06 22:41 +0000
                Re: Right C version for GCC David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2015-12-07 09:47 +0100
                Re: Right C version for GCC supercat@casperkitty.com - 2015-12-07 07:30 -0800
                Re: Right C version for GCC David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2015-12-07 17:30 +0100
                Re: Right C version for GCC supercat@casperkitty.com - 2015-12-07 10:17 -0800
                Re: Right C version for GCC David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2015-12-07 21:29 +0100
                Re: Right C version for GCC supercat@casperkitty.com - 2015-12-07 13:16 -0800
                Re: Right C version for GCC David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2015-12-07 23:35 +0100
                Re: Right C version for GCC jadill33@gmail.com - 2015-12-07 10:41 -0800
                Re: Right C version for GCC David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2015-12-07 21:35 +0100
  Re: Right C version for GCC Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2015-11-08 20:11 +0000
  Re: Right C version for GCC Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2015-11-09 09:57 +1300
    Re: Right C version for GCC Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2015-11-08 13:06 -0800
      Re: Right C version for GCC Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2015-11-09 10:16 +1300
        Re: Right C version for GCC "Morten W. Petersen" <morphex@gmail.com> - 2015-11-08 22:59 +0100
          Re: Right C version for GCC Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2015-11-09 12:13 +1300
            Re: Right C version for GCC "Morten W. Petersen" <morphex@gmail.com> - 2015-11-09 00:43 +0100
              Re: Right C version for GCC Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2015-11-09 13:00 +1300
                Re: Right C version for GCC "Morten W. Petersen" <morphex@gmail.com> - 2015-11-09 12:02 +0100
                Re: Right C version for GCC Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-11-09 09:00 -0800
                Re: Right C version for GCC Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2015-11-10 07:25 +1300
                Re: Right C version for GCC "Morten W. Petersen" <morphex@gmail.com> - 2015-11-09 19:35 +0100
                Re: Right C version for GCC Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2015-11-10 08:55 +1300
                Re: Right C version for GCC "Morten W. Petersen" <morphex@gmail.com> - 2015-11-09 21:00 +0100
                Re: Right C version for GCC Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2015-11-10 09:04 +1300
                Re: Right C version for GCC "Morten W. Petersen" <morphex@gmail.com> - 2015-11-09 21:11 +0100
                Re: Right C version for GCC Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-11-09 20:18 +0000
                Re: Right C version for GCC "Morten W. Petersen" <morphex@gmail.com> - 2015-11-09 21:21 +0100
                Re: Right C version for GCC Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2015-11-10 09:30 +1300
                Re: Right C version for GCC Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-11-09 12:53 -0800
                Re: Right C version for GCC Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-11-09 12:30 -0800
                Re: Right C version for GCC supercat@casperkitty.com - 2015-11-09 13:02 -0800
                Re: Right C version for GCC BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-11-09 21:35 +0000
                Re: Right C version for GCC supercat@casperkitty.com - 2015-11-09 14:41 -0800
                Re: Right C version for GCC BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-11-09 23:31 +0000
                Re: Right C version for GCC supercat@casperkitty.com - 2015-11-09 16:33 -0800
                Re: Right C version for GCC David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2015-11-10 11:16 +0100
                Re: Right C version for GCC Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2015-11-11 08:04 +1300
                Re: Right C version for GCC raltbos@xs4all.nl (Richard Bos) - 2015-11-10 18:04 +0000
                Re: Right C version for GCC raltbos@xs4all.nl (Richard Bos) - 2015-11-10 18:03 +0000
                Re: Right C version for GCC Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2015-11-11 08:23 +1300
          Re: Right C version for GCC David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2015-11-09 13:41 +0100
      Re: Right C version for GCC supercat@casperkitty.com - 2015-11-08 13:24 -0800
      Re: Right C version for GCC "Morten W. Petersen" <morphex@gmail.com> - 2015-11-08 23:00 +0100
        Re: Right C version for GCC Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2015-11-08 15:18 -0800
          Re: Right C version for GCC "Morten W. Petersen" <morphex@gmail.com> - 2015-11-09 00:35 +0100
          Re: Right C version for GCC Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-11-08 17:03 -0800
            Re: Right C version for GCC Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2015-11-09 12:42 +0000
  Re: Right C version for GCC Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-11-08 17:51 -0800
  Re: Right C version for GCC Les Cargill <lcargill99@comcast.com> - 2015-11-09 12:20 -0600
    Re: Right C version for GCC "Morten W. Petersen" <morphex@gmail.com> - 2015-11-09 19:36 +0100
    Re: Right C version for GCC BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-11-09 18:47 +0000
  Re: Right C version for GCC Stephen Sprunk <stephen@sprunk.org> - 2015-11-11 00:55 -0600
    Re: Right C version for GCC "Morten W. Petersen" <morphex@gmail.com> - 2015-11-12 14:39 +0100

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