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Re: Bug#196800: flex mustn't assume stdint.h is available on allplatforms



On Fri, 13 Jun 2003 00:47:54 +0100, Andrew Suffield <asuffield@debian.org> said: 

> On Thu, Jun 12, 2003 at 12:45:29PM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
>> You need to read up on your standards. The language called C is
>> defined by only one authoritative standard.

> For some arbitrary definition of "authoritative".

	If you are talking about the computer language called C, this
 is far from arbitrary. 

> For the record, I think it's a silly one. When reality and the map
> differ, it's generally a good idea to trust reality.

	Well, you can modify and follow your map wherever the heck you
 want to go.  Flex scanners shall depend on standard conforming
 platforms; use flex-old for obsolescent platforms. 

	manoj

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