Re: [Dev-C++] clrscr() and c99 compatibility

[Matthews <dem...@uw...>]

So what exactly do I have to do with this "std=c99" switch?  Do I put it on
the compiler command line?

At 03:21 PM 25/09/2002 +0300, you wrote:
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: dev...@li... 
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>> Of dev...@li...
>> Sent: Tuesday, September 24, 2002 10:00 PM
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>> Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2002 16:36:15 +0200
>> To: Dev...@li...
>> From: metalseb <met...@fr...>
>> Subject: Re: [Dev-C++] clrscr() and c99 compatibility
>> Reply-To: met...@fr...
>> 
>> Good afternoon Matthew
>> 
>> >Code snippet:  This happened several times with me, so I'm 
>> quite interested
>> >to find out the reason why.
>> >
>> >sample code:
>> >
>> >void log_in(void)
>> >{
>> >  clrscr();
>> >  printf("User login: ");
>> >  char login[80];
>> >  gets(login);
>> >  int c;
>> >  c = atoi(login);
>> >  if (c != 0 || c != 1 || c != 2) {
>> >    clrscr();
>> >    printf("Invalid login.");
>> >      for (;;) {
>> >        if (kbhit()) break;
>> >      }
>> >  }
>> >}
>> >
>> >And it would give me a parsing error at "char login[80]" every time.
>> >What's up? 
>> 
>> I tried it on my DevCpp 4.9.4.1 package and it gave me no 
>> compiling errors. And I really can't 
>> see why this should gave you errors at compile time.
>> 
>> Kind regards
>> 
>> --
>> Seb
>
>
>
>I had problems with the mailing list for days so i missed the
>discussion. However clrscr(), kbhit() are not ANSI/ISO C and the
>definition of char login[80] in that place is only possible to
>C99/C++98. The default for MINGW is C90 though. You must use the std=c99
>switch to make it C99.
>
>
>
>Ioannis
>
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