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Re: Remove __STDC__ conditionals from installed headers

On 01/27/2012 10:12 AM, Joseph S. Myers wrote:
 
> avoiding complexity that isn't actually being used is one way to make 
> things easier to understand and help attract people to contributing 
> changes.

This is a compelling argument.  Unused and probably-not-working cruft
is a real turn-off to potential contributors.  Even if experienced
maintainers are only minimally affected by the unnecessary complexity,
removing it can be a net benefit.  The bounded-pointers code appears
to be a good example of bitrot that it'd be helpful to excise.
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