> From: Valdis.Kletnieks@xxxxxx
...
> > > > 2) Sun's compiler is actually standards-busticated, and defining that
just
> > > > *seems* to work, but papers over any deficiencies. Also bad news.
> >
> > Aside:
>
> > Sun's compilation system is actually the "Gold Standard" of standards
> > conformance. Since I work for Sun, I don't expect you to take my word for
> > it. If you can find contacts in the standards groups, ask them.
> >
> > I hope these aren't fighting words. If you disagree, please keep it to
> > yourself and just dismiss the above as one lunatic's delusion.
>
> Listed for completeness only. I was enumerating all the possibilities, and
> later on, said that quick investigation indicated this wasn't the case.
Just for the record, I took no offense. Let's just say that if you file
a bug on standards conformance with Sun, it will be addressed at a high
priority. Since I still see standards bugs happening, I know we (Sun)
aren't perfect. I'm commenting here, because I had another comment below
that's a bit more important, so why not?
> -X. *that* was it. Why was I totally unable to find that when I was looking
> at the manpages and *looking* for the compiler switch that did that? :)
I assume that was -Xc, because these days, -Xa is the default.
Perhaps you missed it because:
31: man cc | wc -l
Reformatting page. Please Wait... done
6732
That's a short novel. 8^)
You were speaking of older versions. You should remember a couple of things.
1) The compiler version is separate from the OS version. Each delivers
some portion of the compilation environment - Almost all the headers
come with the OS. Just remember, when analysing a problem, there are
two versions to worry about.
2) Originally, the default was -Xt. This was the "transitional mode"
where (in case of conflict) K&R semantics took presidence over ANSI
semantics. At some point (I forget which *compiler* release), the
default became -Xa. This is ANSI mode where obviously ANSI takes
precidence. Fortunately, these differences are very subtle, unlike
the significant differences in -Xc and -Xs.
- Joseph Kowalski
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