Re: Bug#196800: flex mustn't assume stdint.h is available on allplatforms
On Thu, 12 Jun 2003 15:22:17 -0400, Daniel Jacobowitz <dan@debian.org> said:
>> You need to read up on your standards. The language called C is
>> defined by only one authoritative standard.
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>> ISO/IEC 9899:1999 (E) (C)ISO/IEC
>>
>> Contents ix
>>
>> 5 This second edition cancels and replaces the first edition,
>> ISO/IEC 9899:1990, as amended and corrected by ISO/IEC
>> 9899/COR1:1994, ISO/IEC 9899/AMD1:1995, and ISO /IEC
>> 9899/COR2:1996.
>>
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> Thus, I need have no such qualifiers when talking abouit conforming
>> C implmentations.
> Given the real-world deployment of probably at least a dozen major
> OSs which were 9899:1990 conformant and predate the 9899:1999
> standard, I'd say that's a pretty useless point of view.
OOh, I am blinded by the cogency of your arguments.
C99 is over 3 years old.
For ancient platforms, use flex-old.
Anyway, you are certainly entitled to your opinion, and you
can do whatever you want with your packages and your code.
manoj
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Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> <http://www.debian.org/%7Esrivasta/>
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