Re: linux headers and C++

Ronnie G Misra (rgmisra@mit.edu)
Thu, 01 Jul 1999 17:58:39 EDT

root@chaos.analogic.com wrote:
> To make this more clear. Observe:
>
> switch(foo)
> {
> case 0:
> case 1:
> case 2:
> default:
> }
>
> This is basically a NOP. Perfectly legal (and useless).

Try compiling that code with "gcc -pedantic" and you will find that
this is not legal ANSI C. It is legal in gcc because it is a gcc
extension.

Try compiling with g++, and you will get a parse error.

Ronnie Misra rgmisra@mit.edu
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