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From: gwyn@smoke.BRL.MIL (Doug Gwyn)
Newsgroups: comp.std.c
Subject: Re: I can't find a good definition anywhere...
Message-ID: <10257@smoke.BRL.MIL>
Date: 14 May 89 00:55:38 GMT
References: <1954@trantor.harris-atd.com> <10084@smoke.BRL.MIL> <14324@bfmny0.UUCP>
Organization: Ballistic Research Lab (BRL), APG, MD.
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In article <14324@bfmny0.UUCP>, tneff@bfmny0.UUCP (Tom Neff) writes:
- >In article <10253@smoke.BRL.MIL> gwyn@brl.arpa (Doug Gwyn) writes:
- >>There is some sentiment that whatever #pragma does, the rest of the
- >>specifications in the Standard still have to be conformed to, so it's
- 					^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- 					That is, in order for
- 					the resulting program
- 					to remain ANSI conformant...
- >>not quite "anything".

No!  It is the implementation that I was saying is required to conform
to the specifications of the Standard whether or not a program contains
any particular construct (including #pragma).  #pragma is not license
for the implementation to suddenly ignore the constraints of the Standard.