Date: Wed, 26 Jun 1996 20:58:05 -0400
From: dj (DJ Delorie)
Message-Id: <199606270058.UAA18839@delorie.com>
To: jae AT laden DOT ilk DOT de
CC: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
In-reply-to: <31D15300.129C86C6@laden.ilk.de> (message from Juergen Erhard on Wed, 26 Jun 1996 17:10:56 +0200)
Subject: Re: Does DJGPP conform to ANSI-C standards with the for () ?


> I don't know nothing... but DJGPP spits out a warning only...
> so is this 'conforming' or not? While we're at it, what's 'conforming'?
> I think if the above is not conforming, it should issue an error,
> right?

Keep in mind that gcc's goal (by default) is to compile as many
programs correctly as possible.  To make gcc be a complete hard-ass
about nonconforming programs requires a number of command-line
options, including -ansi and -pedantic.