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From: cjsv@ccadfa.adfa.oz.au (Christopher JS Vance)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.pyramid,gnu.gcc.help
Subject: Re: wanted: ANSI C on a Pyramid
Message-ID: <1962@ccadfa.adfa.oz.au>
Date: 15 Oct 90 05:29:08 GMT
References: <1958@ccadfa.adfa.oz.au>
Organization: Computer Centre, University College, UNSW, ADFA, Canberra, Australia
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In article <1958@ccadfa.adfa.oz.au>, I wrote:
> Unfortunately, Pyramid don't seem to be in a hurry to ANSIfy cc, and

I have since been informed, and quite politely :-), that OSx 5.1 comes
with an ANSI compiler.  I assume this means ANSI headers, libraries,
lint, and the works. 

> last time I checked, GNU C (1.37.1) admitted that <stdarg.h> uses a
> different parameter passing mechanism than the Pyramid compiler and
> therefore the library.  Programming without printf can get boring :-(. 

I have also been informed that such functions work provided you don't
have a declaration in scope which uses the ellipsis notation.  I assume
this is illegal, even if it is the pragmatic thing to do.  #ifdef time...

-- Christopher