Re: K&R C (was Re: Bugs in enhanced mode)

[Allin C. <cot...@wf...>]

On Tue, 1 Jun 2004, Daniel J Sebald wrote:

> Would this be a tolerable hack?  Define a special type in some header
> for char's as function arguments
>
> /* Throwback to K&R */
> #ifdef __STDC__
> #define ACHAR char
> #else
> #define ACHAR int
> #endif

I strongly support the suggestion put forward by Hans-Berhard a few
days ago, namely that support for 'K&R' should be dropped.  I'm not
aware of any other serious software package that insists on supporting
pre-1989 C compilers.  The effect is simply to complicate and
obfuscate the gnuplot code.

I'm aware that I don't have much standing in this debate because I
have not contributed much to gnuplot.  On the other hand, I'd be more
inclined to contribute were it not for the weird archaisms in the
gnuplot code base.

How many people are there in the world who refuse to use an ISO/ANSI C
compiler, but who want to be able to compile the latest and greatest
gnuplot?

Allin Cottrell