On Fri, 18 Feb 2011, Andreas Zwinkau wrote:
i am trying to compile Curl with cparser[0], but it breaks, because of
some invalid C code. The problem is in typecheck-gcc.h:
That breaks because your compiler tries to appear as gcc but fails to work
like one. You should report that to the makers of your compiler.
The gcc behavior deviates from the ANSI C Standard.
... which is why we make an effort to only do that with a new enough gcc.
Can you help us improve the version check so that we can stop cparser from
messing things up?
A counter-argument would be that is ok that typecheck-gcc.h relies on
implementation-specific gcc behavior, but non-portable code should be
avoided.
That's pure BS. Things that improve the project are good - even if not
everyone might be able to take advantage of every improvement.
This particular set of macros help users with gcc a lot to avoid mistakes in
their applications. Why wouldn't we provide this help if we can and have the
ability?
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