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Re: better atoi

From BartC <bc@freeuk.com>
Newsgroups comp.lang.c
Subject Re: better atoi
Date 2017-02-12 19:25 +0000
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On 12/02/2017 19:15, Keith Thompson wrote:
> BartC <bc@freeuk.com> writes:
>> On 12/02/2017 17:44, Malcolm McLean wrote:
> [...]
>>> It's useful to have a copy for reference however. Like the
>>> dictionary, 99% of it you probably won't read, but still needs to be
>>> there.
>>
>> Yes, so that most compilers can ignore it! Apparently:
>>
>>    int;
>>
>> is illegal according to the grammar. Yes out of six compilers I tried,
>> three don't consider that an error, while one just gives a warning.
>
> So four out of the six compilers you tried correctly diagosed the error

3 didn't say anything about it (no error or warning)
1 gave a warning
2 gave an error

That's one out of three that took it seriously.

It's not the most serious error, as adding that to a program and then 
having it ignored will do nothing. But that would mean you can write any 
old rubbish in program. It should be diagnosed because probably 
something is wrong.

-- 
bartc

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