Re: Baby X is bor nagain

Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> writes:

On Sat, 29 Jun 2024 19:42:01 +0200
David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> wrote:

gcc, however, is restricted and limited by its past - the developers
do not lightly make changes that will result in compilation failures
of code that previously compiled fine and had been tested to run
correctly. Such changes - as made for gcc 14 - are only done after
long discussion and long testing with existing code bases.
 

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Default input dialect of C language was changed (it seems, to gnu17)
before gcc14. May be, in gcc12.
BTW, finding out what dialect is a defaul is less than trivial. If Bart
calls it "jump through a number of hoops" he would at least correct,
but more like understating his case.

Bart compared gcc 10 vs. gcc 14.  gcc 10 defaults to -std=gnu11 (C11
with gcc extensions).  gcc14 defaults to -std=gnu17.  There were no
major changes between C11 and C17, only technical corrections and
clarifications.  Any changes in gcc's behavior for bart's test program
were the result of decisions by the gcc maintainers, not changes in the
C standard.

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