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Re: Macros and K&R


> Hi.
> 
> I am wondering if more macro facilities would be welcome in 'gas' or if
> they should go into 'gasp'.
> 
> On a side note: Is there another good reason for sticking to K&R C syntax
> besides the amount of time it would take to change it?


Well, that problem didn't appear to stop GDB :-)

More seriously, you can do it in stages.  First change the requirement 
to be that new code use ISO C and then later allow someone to wander 
through and fix the old code (or even decide it is obvious :-).

Andrew




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