Re: C compiler, assembler and linker

[mjn3@codepoet.org (Manuel Novoa III)]

Riley,

On Mon, Jul 15, 2002 at 08:13:01PM +0100, Riley Williams wrote:
> Can I add some wish-list items:

I've only been adding some features, like #elif and #warning, that I
tend to use in my uClibc code.  My main interest isn't in working on
bcc, but in reducing the work I need to do in porting uClibc to elks.

>   6) True support for the "signed" keyword. At the moment, any file
>      using it has to include a "#define signed" line to remove it for
>      bcc, and in some cases, even that isn't enough as the code stops
>      working as a result.

Yes, I know.  bcc supports only unsigned char.  Coding around that
limitation can be a pain.

>   7) At least a warning message if any unrecognised options are given
>      on the command line. At the moment, unrecognised options are just
>      silently ignored!

Probably not worth doing at the moment because the main bcc driver was
rewritten recently and is probably still in flux.

> Also, are there any plans to get these included in the primary bcc code?

I had planned to send my patches to the dev86 maintainer.  When I get
the patch cleaned up and post it here, I'll also forward it on to
Robert de Bath... although I've seen him post to this list on occassion.

Manuel