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@ -125,7 +125,9 @@ C99 added %a as another scanf format specifier for floating point
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values. This conflicts with the glibc extension where %as, %a[ and
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%aS mean to allocate the string for the data read. A strictly
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conforming C99 program using %as, %a[ or %aS in a scanf format string
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will misbehave under glibc.
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will misbehave under glibc if it does not include <stdio.h> and
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instead declares scanf itself; if it gets the declaration of scanf
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from <stdio.h>, it will use a C99-conforming version.
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Compiler limitations
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@ -144,29 +146,21 @@ GCC doesn't support the optional imaginary types. Nor does it
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understand the keyword _Complex before GCC 3.0. This has the
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corresponding impact on the relevant headers.
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glibc's use of extern inline conflicts with C99: in C99, extern inline
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means that an external definition is generated as well as possibly an
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inline definition, but in GCC it means that no external definition is
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generated. When GCC's C99 mode implements C99 inline semantics, this
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will break the uses of extern inline in glibc's headers. (Actually,
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glibc uses `extern __inline', which is beyond the scope of the
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standard, but it would clearly be very confusing for `__inline' and
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plain `inline' to have different meanings in C99 mode.)
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glibc's <tgmath.h> implementation is arcane but thought to work
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correctly; a clean and comprehensible version requires compiler
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builtins.
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For most of the headers required of freestanding implementations,
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glibc relies on GCC to provide correct versions. (At present, glibc
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provides <stdint.h>, and GCC doesn't.)
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provides <stdint.h>, and GCC doesn't before version 4.5.)
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Implementing MATH_ERRNO, MATH_ERREXCEPT and math_errhandling in
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<math.h> needs compiler support: see
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http://sources.redhat.com/ml/libc-hacker/2000-06/msg00008.html
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http://sources.redhat.com/ml/libc-hacker/2000-06/msg00014.html
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http://sources.redhat.com/ml/libc-hacker/2000-06/msg00015.html
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The definition of math_errhandling conforms so long as no translation
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unit using math_errhandling is compiled with -fno-math-errno,
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-fno-trapping-math or options such as -ffast-math that imply these
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options. math_errhandling is only conditionally defined depending on
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__FAST_MATH__; the compiler does not provide the information needed
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for more exact definitions based on settings of -fno-math-errno and
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-fno-trapping-math, possibly for only some source files in a program.
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Issues with headers
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