Re: gdb and iso-c

[dan at cgsoftware dot com (Daniel Berlin+list.gdb)]

Stan Shebs <shebs@apple.com> writes:


> Philippe De Muyter wrote:

> Indeed, I sent our results back to RMS, saying that there didn't seem to
> be any reason not to change the GNU coding standards for all GNU tools,
> including GCC and binutils.  I don't know if he actually made the
> change though.
> 
> So I think we've been sufficiently careful to ascertain whether the
> modernization was justified, and there is no good reason to try to revive
> K&R compat and the additional complexity that goes along with it.  In fact,
> I've been a little disappointed that people haven't gone through random source
> files, and simplified their sources by stripping out all the now-unneeded
> K&R compat bits.
I've been waiting till the branch gets cut, but i plan on going
through at least the non-target dependent files and doing that.

> 
> Stan