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Re: Right C version for GCC

From Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org>
Newsgroups comp.lang.c
Subject Re: Right C version for GCC
Date 2015-11-09 11:15 -0800
Organization None to speak of
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Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> writes:
> Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> writes:
>> On Monday, November 9, 2015 at 4:56:35 PM UTC, Keith Thompson wrote:
> <snip>
>>> If you don't want to use nested structs, by all means don't.
>>> But please don't try to justify your dislike of a well defined
>>> standard feature by pretending that it might vanish.
>>> 
>> We've already had a case.
>
> Not yet, no.
>
>> SDCC does not support nested structs. I wasn't
>> aware of that, but I was right, the future-proofing turned out to be
>> well advised.
>
> As far as I know it does.  It but it does support double so you should
> add that to your list of things to avoid in portable programs.

Not surprisingly, it doesn't support long double either.

<http://sdcc.sourceforge.net/mediawiki/index.php/Standard_compliance>
lists double under C90 and C95, and both double and long double
under C99 and C11.  It looks like the authors are under the mistaken
impression that long double was introduced by C99.  In fact, it
exists in C90 as well.  (I've seen a gcc warning message that implies
a similar misconception.)  I've sent an e-mail pointing this out.

-- 
Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) kst-u@mib.org  <http://www.ghoti.net/~kst>
Working, but not speaking, for JetHead Development, Inc.
"We must do something.  This is something.  Therefore, we must do this."
    -- Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn, "Yes Minister"

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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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