On Sun, Mar 31, 2002 at 12:49:08AM -0500, Melvin Smith wrote: > I did some browsing of the code for potential problems in compiling > for embedded platforms and/or general porting and here are some of the > things I found.
Do embedded C compilers often not conform to ANSI C 89? > 1- assert.h and use of assert() > assert is easy enough to implement we need to do this and not depend > on its existence on the target because its not guaranteed. assert is part of ANSI C 89, it should always be there. The only limitation is the expression must be an int. > 2- errno.h same thing. errno is also in ANSI C 89. However, using errno to transmit error messages has bitten us in the ass in Perl5. -- Michael G. Schwern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.pobox.com/~schwern/ Perl Quality Assurance <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Kwalitee Is Job One Monkey tennis
