Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2003 11:41:30 -0700 From: "David O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.org> To: Juli Mallett <jmallett@FreeBSD.org> Cc: cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/include stdlib.h Message-ID: <20030625184130.GA45336@dragon.nuxi.com> In-Reply-To: <20030625132653.A11826@FreeBSD.org> References: <200306251811.h5PIBWxs078351@repoman.freebsd.org> <20030625132653.A11826@FreeBSD.org>
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On Wed, Jun 25, 2003 at 01:26:53PM -0500, Juli Mallett wrote: > Please make the lint case the default case. The error is silly. It is not silly. Alloca is *so* tied to how the compiler is generating code that it isn't funny. Note we have no alloca implementation in /usr/src -- the compiler *must* provide it. What is the use in compiling something you cannot link? I know some are working on TenDRA and I don't want to leave a hidden land mine for it to fall over. > And don't tell me to add definitions for those compilers along with > lint. I wouldn't have the lint case in there personally -- BDE has mentioned several times that lint should better follow what ever standard or compiler it is trying to lint for. -- -- David (obrien@FreeBSD.org)
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