Re: coreutils 7.1.49-ebb9 FTB sparc/Solaris, AIX

[Eric Blake]

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According to Andreas Schwab on 3/20/2009 7:20 AM:
> Eric Blake <address@hidden> writes:
> 
>> But C99 also states:
>>
>> If the same qualifier appears more than once in the same
>> specifier-qualifier-list, either directly or via one or more typedefs, the
>> behavior is the same as if it appeared only once.
> 
> This paragraph is new in C99.  Thus it is not a bug if a C89 compiler
> chokes on this.

But still an argument in favor of gnulib implementing a workaround that
defines an alternate type if a C89 compiler chokes on the C99 construct,
since the goal of gnulib replacement headers is to allow compilation of as
many C99 idioms as possible, even with C89 compilers.

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Eric Blake             address@hidden
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