Date: Thu, 06 Aug 1998 18:38:37 -0700 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> Cc: Nicolas.Souchu@prism.uvsq.fr (Nicolas Souchu), mike@smith.net.au, chuckr@glue.umd.edu, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: C and static initialization with unions Message-ID: <199808070138.SAA01445@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 07 Aug 1998 01:33:05 -0000." <199808070133.SAA24688@usr06.primenet.com>
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> > Is it allowed in FreeBSD? Is all FreeBSD C source code portable? > > Good question; I don't know the answer. > > I know that FreeBSD uses inline assembly, rather than seperating > out the assembly code into machine-specific compilation units > (preferrably with vanilla C equivalents, where possible). Actually, we largely do separate into compilation units. See all those files ending in '.s' and '.S'? > I also know that FreeBSD uses ANSI constructs, which make the > code non-portable to older compilers, such as those you would > have on machines running older OS's that you want to upgrade > to running FreeBSD via a port. Seeing as nobody actually seems to want this, it's obviously not of much interest. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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