Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2001 16:20:47 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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Subject: Re: stddef.h - namespace std patch
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On Thu, 8 Feb 2001, Stephen Silver wrote:

> > > The only complication here is that 'offsetof' needs a different
> > > definition in C++ (using std::size_t instead of size_t).
> >
> > Hmm... I feel uneasy about this.  Won't this backfire with
> > older/newer/different versions of the C++ compiler,
> 
> What is the oldest version of GCC that C++ users will be using
> with DJGPP 2.04?

I think we should try to support GCC 2.8.x.  From what I read on 
c.o.m.d., there are still people who buy SAMS books which come with 
v2.8.1 on the CD (IIRC).

DJ, do you know about older versions that are still being sold?