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Re: How to fix warning: [-Wdate-time]

From Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu>
Newsgroups comp.lang.c
Subject Re: How to fix warning: [-Wdate-time]
Date 2017-04-27 13:26 -0700
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Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> writes:

> Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> writes:
>> Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> writes:
>>
>>> [.. what if -D__DATE__=... or -D__DATE__=... is given? ..]
>>>
>>> The problem would be that the expansions of __DATE__ and __TIME__ would
>>> be whatever was passed on the compiler command line and not, as the
>>> standard specifies and a reader will assume, the date and time of
>>> translation.
>>>
>>> On the other hand, compilers *are* allowed to do that (the option is
>>> typically "-D" rather than "-d", and the quoting needs to be fixed if
>>> that's supposed to be part of a shell command line).  The standard
>>> (6.10.8p2) says that none of the predefined macro names shall be the
>>> subject of #define or #undef, but that's not a constraint, so it is at
>>> most undefined behavior -- and the standard doesn't talk about -D.
>>> [...]
>>
>> Under the provisions of 7.1.3, any definition (ie, and not just #define)
>> of such names gives undefined behavior.
>
> That's questionable IMHO.  It says the behavior is undefined if the
> *program* declares, defines, or undefines a reserved identifier.
> Arguably if I compile with `gcc -D__DATE__=...`, it's not the program
> that's defining it.  A minor quibble [...]

That's a fair point.  Certainly there could be a compiler option
defined in such a way that __DATE__ or __TIME__ could be set
without running afoul of 7.1.3.

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How to fix warning: [-Wdate-time] MehdiAmini <atorrses@gmail.com> - 2017-04-13 14:44 +0430
  Re: How to fix warning: [-Wdate-time] Barry Schwarz <schwarzb@dqel.com> - 2017-04-13 05:28 -0700
    Re: How to fix warning: [-Wdate-time] MehdiAmini <atorrses@gmail.com> - 2017-04-14 12:55 +0430
      Re: How to fix warning: [-Wdate-time] Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2017-04-14 08:50 -0700
        Re: How to fix warning: [-Wdate-time] Ken Brody <kenbrody@spamcop.net> - 2017-04-14 13:42 -0400
          Re: How to fix warning: [-Wdate-time] James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2017-04-14 14:26 -0400
            Re: How to fix warning: [-Wdate-time] David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2017-04-17 16:26 +0200
              Re: How to fix warning: [-Wdate-time] "James R. Kuyper" <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2017-04-17 10:52 -0400
                Re: How to fix warning: [-Wdate-time] David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2017-04-17 20:00 +0200
              Re: How to fix warning: [-Wdate-time] Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2017-04-17 08:08 -0700
                Re: How to fix warning: [-Wdate-time] David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2017-04-17 20:04 +0200
        Re: How to fix warning: [-Wdate-time] Mehdi Amini <atorrses@gmail.com> - 2017-04-15 07:50 +0430
          Re: How to fix warning: [-Wdate-time] Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2017-04-15 15:05 -0700
            Re: How to fix warning: [-Wdate-time] Ken Brody <kenbrody@spamcop.net> - 2017-04-17 11:42 -0400
              Re: How to fix warning: [-Wdate-time] supercat@casperkitty.com - 2017-04-17 08:55 -0700
              Re: How to fix warning: [-Wdate-time] "James R. Kuyper" <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2017-04-17 11:57 -0400
  Re: How to fix warning: [-Wdate-time] gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2017-04-13 13:09 +0000
    Re: How to fix warning: [-Wdate-time] jadill33@gmail.com - 2017-04-13 06:27 -0700
      Re: How to fix warning: [-Wdate-time] supercat@casperkitty.com - 2017-04-15 08:56 -0700
        Re: How to fix warning: [-Wdate-time] Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2017-04-15 15:01 -0700
          Re: How to fix warning: [-Wdate-time] supercat@casperkitty.com - 2017-04-16 11:44 -0700
            Re: How to fix warning: [-Wdate-time] Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2017-04-16 13:45 -0700
              Re: How to fix warning: [-Wdate-time] Ken Brody <kenbrody@spamcop.net> - 2017-04-17 12:14 -0400
            Re: How to fix warning: [-Wdate-time] Ken Brody <kenbrody@spamcop.net> - 2017-04-17 12:06 -0400
              Re: How to fix warning: [-Wdate-time] Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2017-04-17 09:25 -0700
              Re: How to fix warning: [-Wdate-time] "James R. Kuyper" <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2017-04-17 12:45 -0400
                Re: How to fix warning: [-Wdate-time] Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2017-04-17 12:02 -0700
                Re: How to fix warning: [-Wdate-time] "James R. Kuyper" <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2017-04-17 15:23 -0400
                Re: How to fix warning: [-Wdate-time] Lowell Gilbert <lgusenet@be-well.ilk.org> - 2017-04-18 13:27 -0400
                Re: How to fix warning: [-Wdate-time] Ken Brody <kenbrody@spamcop.net> - 2017-04-18 14:23 -0400
                Re: How to fix warning: [-Wdate-time] Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2017-04-18 12:10 -0700
                Re: How to fix warning: [-Wdate-time] raltbos@xs4all.nl (Richard Bos) - 2017-04-22 21:20 +0000
                Re: How to fix warning: [-Wdate-time] James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2017-04-22 22:45 -0400
          Re: How to fix warning: [-Wdate-time] Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2017-04-17 11:30 -0700
            Re: How to fix warning: [-Wdate-time] Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2017-04-17 12:30 -0700
              Re: How to fix warning: [-Wdate-time] raltbos@xs4all.nl (Richard Bos) - 2017-04-22 21:24 +0000
                Re: How to fix warning: [-Wdate-time] Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2017-04-27 13:33 -0700
              Re: How to fix warning: [-Wdate-time] Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2017-04-27 13:26 -0700
    Re: How to fix warning: [-Wdate-time] gordonb.5zr1e@burditt.org (Gordon Burditt) - 2017-04-14 13:35 -0500
      Re: How to fix warning: [-Wdate-time] supercat@casperkitty.com - 2017-04-14 12:17 -0700
        Re: How to fix warning: [-Wdate-time] gordonb.k4gmo@burditt.org (Gordon Burditt) - 2017-04-16 00:04 -0500
        Re: How to fix warning: [-Wdate-time] Noob <root@127.0.0.1> - 2017-04-16 11:04 +0200
          Re: How to fix warning: [-Wdate-time] supercat@casperkitty.com - 2017-04-16 11:52 -0700
          Re: How to fix warning: [-Wdate-time] raltbos@xs4all.nl (Richard Bos) - 2017-04-22 21:28 +0000
    Re: How to fix warning: [-Wdate-time] Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> - 2017-04-18 21:34 -0600
  Re: How to fix warning: [-Wdate-time] Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2017-04-17 08:09 -0700

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