Re: bad example to set to newbies on web page

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On Sat, Feb 16, 2002 at 03:06:35PM +0000, John Levon wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 12, 2002 at 03:46:47PM -0500, Jes Sorensen wrote:
> 
> > I know these are valid according to recent ISO C, but it doesn't change
> > the fact that they are ambiguous.
> 
> I'm perplexed by this comment.

Me too.

> However, I've changed the page in the interests of keeping the peace, thanks
> for the report.

And I changed it back because:

- It's valid C
- It has been a GCC extension for years. The kernel uses even uglier
  GCC extensions
- This is not something what I made up, it's a quoted email message


Erik

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