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Re: gcc bug, cygwin specific cygwin-1.3.10-1 gcc-2.95.3-5
- From: "Michael A Chase" <mchase at ix dot netcom dot com>
- To: "Alex Song" <alexs at pdd dot edmi dot com dot au>,<cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2002 21:57:33 -0800
- Subject: Re: gcc bug, cygwin specific cygwin-1.3.10-1 gcc-2.95.3-5
- References: <000101c1ca3d$e73301a0$1501010a@alexs>
'end' is not a reserved word, it's a global variable name. In other
environments, overwriting it may not cause an immediate disaster, but
probably will eventually.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Alex Song" <alexs@pdd.edmi.com.au>
To: <cygwin@cygwin.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2002 19:19
Subject: RE: gcc bug, cygwin specific cygwin-1.3.10-1 gcc-2.95.3-5
> > >The global 'end' is a reserved word. It refers to the end of the data
> > >area. That means you can't use it as a global variable in your
program.
>
> is this reserved word cygwin specific ? or is it a reserved word for all
gcc ?
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