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Re: [Qemu-devel] [patch 1/2] machine struct - use C99 initializers
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Paul Brook |
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Re: [Qemu-devel] [patch 1/2] machine struct - use C99 initializers |
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Tue, 7 Oct 2008 00:07:58 +0100 |
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> > GCC is sufficiently C99 compliant to handle this style of
> > initializers.
> > Maybe it's not C99 compliant enough for other stuff, but on this front
> > it does just fine.
>
> You're missing the point: GCC today is not necessarily GCC 4.3+ or
> whatever has just been released these days and included in your
> favorite Linux distro. Just like Sun continues to ship GCC 3.4.3 on
> their latest OpenSolaris builds, the BeOS world and therefore its
> successor(s) are stuck with GCC 2.95.3 due to C++ ABI breakage in
> between major GCC versions. GCC 2 was originally released in '98 iirc
> and hence not C99 compliant. I'd expect your IRIX to face a similar
> issue, at EOL.
If a host system hasn't bothered upgrading their toolchain in 10 years then I
refuse to care. If you really want to run and ancient obsolete OS you should
expect to run equally ancient software.
Paul
- [Qemu-devel] [patch 1/2] machine struct - use C99 initializers, Jes Sorensen, 2008/10/06
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [patch 1/2] machine struct - use C99 initializers, Johannes Schindelin, 2008/10/06
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [patch 1/2] machine struct - use C99 initializers, Jes Sorensen, 2008/10/06
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [patch 1/2] machine struct - use C99 initializers, Ronan Keryell, 2008/10/06
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [patch 1/2] machine struct - use C99 initializers, Andreas Färber, 2008/10/06
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [patch 1/2] machine struct - use C99 initializers,
Paul Brook <=
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [patch 1/2] machine struct - use C99 initializers, M. Warner Losh, 2008/10/06
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [patch 1/2] machine struct - use C99 initializers, Paul Brook, 2008/10/07
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [patch 1/2] machine struct - use C99 initializers, Jes Sorensen, 2008/10/07
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [patch 1/2] machine struct - use C99 initializers, Andreas Färber, 2008/10/26
Re: [Qemu-devel] [patch 1/2] machine struct - use C99 initializers, Thiemo Seufer, 2008/10/06
Re: [Qemu-devel] [patch 1/2] machine struct - use C99 initializers, Anthony Liguori, 2008/10/07