From 9718642bc38c9bb626d9f261c8a02a00cdd2c61c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Roland McGrath Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2003 23:53:18 +0000 Subject: 2003-12-31 Joseph S. Myers * CONFORMANCE: Update. --- CONFORMANCE | 26 ++++++-------------------- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-) (limited to 'CONFORMANCE') diff --git a/CONFORMANCE b/CONFORMANCE index 20a9ae5156..1450691a80 100644 --- a/CONFORMANCE +++ b/CONFORMANCE @@ -84,17 +84,8 @@ fixed, or to compiler limitations. Defects in the C99 standard =========================== -The definition of macros such as INT8_C in and -is not implementable (Defect Report #209); this is expected to be -fixed in a Technical Corrigendum to make the macros yield a constant -expression of the promoted type (for example, int rather than char) -rather than needing to be able to represent constants of type char. -glibc follows this corrected version. - -Several of the functions are specified to return void, but -Defect Report #202 points out that under some circumstances they may -need to return an error status. They are expected to be corrected to -return int; glibc follows this corrected specification. +Some defects in C99 were corrected in Technical Corrigendum 1 to that +standard. glibc follows the corrected specification. Implementation of library functions @@ -147,8 +138,7 @@ builtins. For most of the headers required of freestanding implementations, glibc relies on GCC to provide correct versions. (At present, glibc -provides , and GCC doesn't.) GCC's is missing -FLT_EVAL_METHOD and DECIMAL_DIG. +provides , and GCC doesn't.) Implementing MATH_ERRNO, MATH_ERREXCEPT and math_errhandling in needs compiler support: see @@ -162,9 +152,9 @@ Issues with headers =================== There are various technical issues with the definitions contained in -glibc's headers, listed below. The list below assumes current CVS GCC -as of 2001-01-10, and relates to i686-linux; older GCC may lead to -more problems in the headers. +glibc's headers, listed below. The list below assumes GCC 3.3.2, and +relates to i686-linux; older GCC may lead to more problems in the +headers. Note that the _t suffix is reserved by POSIX, but not by pure ISO C. Also, the Single Unix Specification generally requires more types to @@ -173,12 +163,8 @@ than ISO C permits. should not declare size_t. - should not declare wchar_t. - should not declare size_t. - should not declare wchar_t. - should not declare or use wchar_t or wint_t. does not support AMD1; to support it, the functions -- cgit v1.2.3