Re: Bugs in enhanced mode

[Hans-Bernhard B. <br...@ph...>]

On Wed, 26 May 2004, Ethan Merritt wrote:

> On Wednesday 26 May 2004 10:03 am, Hans-Bernhard Broeker wrote:
> > On Wed, 26 May 2004, Ethan Merritt wrote:
> > > But what does that mean in terms of handling the current problem?
> >
> > It means that we revert Petr's patch iff we decide to go ANSI C now, or
> > extend it if we want to stick with K&R compatibility.
> 
> How about if we define a new type in gp_types.h
> 
> #undef CHAROUT
> #ifdef KR		/* I don't know what the proper test is for K&R */
> #typedef int CHAROUT
> #else
> #typedef char CHAROUT
> #endif

Nah, that's terminally ugly. ;-)

If the change to 'int' for K&R can work (needs a bit of testing), then
the same 'int' will work for ANSI C, too.  So making this distinction
would serve no useful purpose.

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Hans-Bernhard Broeker (br...@ph...)
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