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From: guccione@SRC.HONEYWELL.COM (Steve Guccione)
Newsgroups: gnu.gcc.bug
Subject: Gnu C Bug (sorta)
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Date: 6 Aug 89 19:54:12 GMT
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I am sending in a bug report for a somewhat small problem I have
encountered in installing Gnu C.  I am attempting to put the compiler
on the System resourse Manager (SRM) for an Intel iPSC/2 Hypercube.
This SRM is actually an Intel 386 machine running Unix System V (or at
least what they claim is System V).  The default C compiler in Green
Hills C.  When installing gcc, the green Hills compiler barfed on a
ELSE statement in the READER.C file on line 269.

After some testing it seems that the Green Hills compiler cannot
handle the comment directly following the "else".  Adding a space
between the two seems to fix the problem.

I realize that this is not exactly your problem, but rather one with
the Green Hills C (which is another good reason to use Gnu C!).  But
if you could addaspace before the comment in the next release, it may
save some other poor engineer / system administrator from trying to
figure this out.  (Note: It is not obvious that placement of a comment
would give the strange error messages received).

On a personal note, thanks much for the work you are doing.  It is
good to see some high quality software has been made available in this
fashion.  I have recommended that our research center, and Honeywell
support Gnu, and I believe this is happening.  I hope one day I will
be able to make a more personal contribution to you effort.

Thanks Again.

-- Steve
-- 8/6/89

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---------- "Bug" follows: ------------------------


Simple example of source code:


#include <stdio.h>

main ()
   {
   int c=1;

   if (c == 1)
      printf("c is 1.\n");
      else/* This is a comment */
        printf("c is 2.\n");
   }



Response of the Green Hills C-386:


C-386 1.8.4b Copyright (C) 1983,1984,1985,1986,1987,1988 Green Hills Software, Inc. All rights reserved.
"test.c", line 11: Undefined symbol:  else     
"test.c", line 11: expected: ';' got: name