Re: Catch declarations in funny places

Jerry> Or we could build a framework to test the compiler to see Jerry> whether it accepts various flags. in the case of GCC you can just grep the output of --help --verbose (IIRC) most of the time. (The Hannibal Lector flags weren't documented, so I actually had to run the compiler with the flag and see if the barf bag was full or not, so it's not a sure thing, but maybe it would catch most of these.) Jerry> I could easily whip up the 1st or 3rd options today. I Jerry> don't know when I'll have time to get to the 2nd option. Option 2 would be nice someday, but I think Option 1 (capture the compiler version in easy-to-test variables) would be great for now. Unfortunately I can't offer help until 7/1. -- School of Systems and Information Engineering http://turnbull.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp University of Tsukuba Tennodai 1-1-1 Tsukuba 305-8573 JAPAN Ask not how you can "do" free software business; ask what your business can "do for" free software.