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- From: jcoffin@rmii.com (Jerry Coffin)
- Newsgroups: comp.std.c
- Subject: Re: Meaning of __STDC__?
- Date: Sat, 13 Jan 1996 20:07:46 GMT
- Organization: TAEUS
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- kennedy@ (John W Kennedy) wrote:
-
- >Is there an official statement as to what __STDC__ means? Does it mean "This
- >compiler (in its current operating mode) fully supports ANSI Standard C," or
- >does it mean "This compiler (in its current operating mode) disallows all
- >extensions to ANSI Standard C."? In my opinion, common practice and the
- >Rationale both support the former, rather than the latter, but is
- >there an official ruling?
-
- AFAIK, as long as any extensions fit the standard, they're legal. E.g.
- a compiler is free to include extended fucntions and/or keywords as long
- as their identifiers are in the implementor's name space.
- Later,
- Jerry.
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