Re: Bug#121282: On i386, gcc-3.0 allows $ in indentifiers but not the asm

To: chris@debian.org
Cc: dan@debian.org, 121282@bugs.debian.org, ballombe@debian.org, debian-gcc@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: Bug#121282: On i386, gcc-3.0 allows $ in indentifiers but not the asm
From: "Martin v. Loewis" <martin@v.loewis.de>
Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2001 21:43:58 +0100
Message-id: <[🔎] 200111272043.fARKhwo01574@mira.informatik.hu-berlin.de>
In-reply-to: <[🔎] Pine.LNX.4.21.0111271313360.27478-100000@spawn.hockeyfiend.com> (chris@debian.org)
References: <[🔎] Pine.LNX.4.21.0111271313360.27478-100000@spawn.hockeyfiend.com>

> So, my question is, what are the criteria for determining whether or not
> gcc should reject identifiers with dollars?  

According to the GCC documentation, the rationale for this feature is
that traditional C allows it, but ISO C and ISO C++ disallow it.

So I'd say that, if all Debian packages either build fine without it,
or enable it when needed, turning it off on all platforms may be
reasonable.

Regards,
Martin

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