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- From: walterm@hprctbs3.rose.hp.com (Walter Murray)
- Newsgroups: comp.std.c,comp.lang.c.moderated
- Subject: Re: Integral promotion.
- Followup-To: comp.std.c,comp.lang.c.moderated
- Date: 6 Mar 1996 18:30:15 -0600
- Organization: Hewlett Packard Roseville Site
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- Stan Ryckman (stanr@tiac.net) wrote:
- : In article <4gq8nn$opk@solutions.solon.com>, <msb@sq.com> wrote:
- : >
- : >Section 4/1.7:
- : ># An implementation shall be accompanied by a document that defines all
- : ># implementation-defined characteristics and all extensions.
-
- : I wonder... does the standard define "a document?"
-
- : To me this implies that a compiler which provided all such information,
- : but only in "on-line help" or something, might not be conforming.
-
- In the US, in order to have a C compiler validated by NIST (National
- Institute of Standards and Technology), you have to provide an actual
- document with all the implementation-defined details. I doubt that
- "on-line help" would be acceptable to the validation team.
-
- Walter Murray
- Hewlett-Packard
- Support Technology Lab
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