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From: henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer)
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Subject: Re: QUERY: Coding convention
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Date: Fri, 6-Jul-84 17:32:06 EDT
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I can think of one other thing that would be useful to have around,
so that #ifdefs could test it.  As we all know, there is an ANSI C
standard in our future somewhere.  The standard specifies some bits
of very useful syntax that most existing compilers barf on at the
moment.  It would be real nice to have a predefined symbol along the
lines of "pre_ansi" so that one could write code like:

	#ifndef pre_ansi
		... do it right ...
	#else
		... kludge needed for old compiler ...
	#endif

This would permit gradual transition to the new standard.  (I suggest
"pre_ansi" rather than "ansi" on the theory that the standard should
be the default from the beginning.)
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				Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology
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