Date: Sun, 28 Jul 1996 22:27:54 +0200 (MET DST) From: J Wunsch <j@uriah.heep.sax.de> To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org (FreeBSD-current users) Subject: Re: `const char rcsid[]' vs -traditional Message-ID: <199607282027.WAA08630@uriah.heep.sax.de> In-Reply-To: <199607281510.BAA23418@godzilla.zeta.org.au> from Bruce Evans at "Jul 29, 96 01:10:43 am"
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As Bruce Evans wrote: > It is for 4.4BSD. It isn't currently for FreeBSD, because all supported > systems (one :-) have an ANSI compiler. I only object to breaking > backwards compatibility by being sloppy - it should be broken on purpose. I thought we basically agreed in -core when last discussing style(9) that maintaining -traditional K&R compatibility is not one of our major goals. -- cheers, J"org joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)
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