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Re: gcc compiler output
Hi Oskar,
OSKAR BERRETEAGA wrote:
> when compiling, gcc -c, the following source file
> ...
> unsigned i386:1; /* <------- Parse error */
> ...
> I get the following:
> prg.c:6: parse error before `1'
Gcc has 'i386' as a pre-defined identifier indicating your hardware
platform. The ANSI language standard prohibits the compiler from
introducing such names exactly so you as a programmer can use them. You
need to call gcc with the '-ansi' option to get that behaviour though.
You could still detect your platform by checking for '__i386__'
(identifiers starting with underscores are reserved for the
implmentation and should not be used by the programmer). BTW, for new
code I also use the gcc options '-pendantic' and '-Wall' to get all the
help I can get from the compiler.
so long, benny
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Benjamin Riefenstahl (benny@crocodial.de)
Crocodial Communications EntwicklungsGmbH
Ruhrstraße 61, D-22761 Hamburg, Germany
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