From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!ihps3!ihldt!ll1!otuxa!we13!lime!burdvax!coltoff
Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards
Title: pascal bug fix
Article-I.D.: burdvax.246
Posted: Fri Oct 22 10:09:32 1982
Received: Sat Oct 23 02:28:28 1982


The bug fix for the pascal compiler that was posted the other day
creates other problems, at least here at burdvax. It did wonders
for fixing the pascal bug but really messed up the C compiler( our
real, true love). The added code went in the C back end which
the pascal compiler called.

My hunch as to what the cause of the problem is that all the code
assumes that certain values are stored as a fixed number of bytes
and the fix changes this number. Now that is fine for getting rid
of the pascal bug but it appears as though some of the C functions
(e.g. getenv(), switch(), scanf() ) reject this. No compiler
errors are generated but the programs don't work right.

I strongly suggest that you not make this modification to your
compiler code. Just code around the bug and you'll live a lot longer.

Joel Coltoff
lime!burdvax!coltoff