From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ian Lance Taylor To: devans@cygnus.com Cc: gas2@cygnus.com Subject: Re: ANSI strings, comment style, ... Date: Tue, 04 Nov 1997 15:46:00 -0000 Message-id: <199711042346.SAA24118@subrogation.cygnus.com> References: <199711042338.PAA03967@canuck.cygnus.com> X-SW-Source: 1997/msg00023.html Date: Tue, 4 Nov 1997 15:38:12 -0800 From: Doug Evans You're using ANSI C facilities to stop strings from running past 80 columns. Someone correct me if I'm wrong but I believe that's a no-no. [Is it written down somewhere what, if any, of ANSI C facilities one can use for GAS? Should we set a timeframe for when we'll start allowing such things?] gas and the binutils are, of course, a special case, because they may be required to bootstrap the compiler. My inclination is to never permit ANSI C features. Or, to be slightly more reasonable, let's say not for the next five years. Ian