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- Subject: Re: Integral promotion.
- Date: 25 Feb 1996 12:11:03 -0600
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- Mike McCarty (jmccarty@spdmail.spd.dsccc.com) writes:
- > Where in the standard does it say that a compiler must be accompanied by
- > -any- documentation?
-
- Section 3.10/1.6:
- # Implementation-defined behavior -- behavior, for a correct program
- # construct and correct data, that depends on the implementation
- # and that each implementation shall document.
-
- Section 3.12/1.6:
- # Locale-specific behavior -- behavior that depends on local conventions
- # of nationality, culture, and language that each implementation shall
- # document.
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- Section 4/1.7:
- # An implementation shall be accompanied by a document that defines all
- # implementation-defined characteristics and all extensions.
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- Mark Brader, msb@sq.com "Constrain your data early and often."
- SoftQuad Inc., Toronto -- C. M. Sperberg-McQueen
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