Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2000 11:49:59 +0200 (IST) From: Eli Zaretskii X-Sender: eliz AT is To: pavenis AT lanet DOT lv cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com Subject: Re: make depend In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com Errors-To: dj-admin AT delorie DOT com X-Mailing-List: djgpp AT delorie DOT com X-Unsubscribes-To: listserv AT delorie DOT com Precedence: bulk On Wed, 19 Jan 2000 pavenis AT lanet DOT lv wrote: > > The main objection is this: the ANSI Standard says that a program > > which doesn't include any header files should still have the same > > behavior as when it does. > > I think such goal is not reachable. Perhaps not in 100%, but it doesn't mean we shouldn't try. > It was also said that removal such definition (DJGPP_MINOR at > compiler startup) should cause hard to debug problems. Here is simple > (and easy to use) rule that would force GCC to emit errors on such > problems (for us to be able to fix them): The case was with programs that were ported *before* v2.03. What you suggest is reasonable, but it doesn't help for old code.