* Farooq Mela <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [010304 12:14] wrote:
> Alfred Perlstein wrote:
>
> > Is '__dead2' a GNU C thing? or is in any sort of standard?
>
> See /usr/include/sys/cdefs.h
>
> __dead2 is defined to __attribute__((__noreturn__)) if a suitable
> version of GCC is being used.
>
> > Generally there's some resistance to putting GNU C specific
> > code into the base system, is there a portable way to do this?
>
> It's not actually gcc-specific code, its more of a hint to the compiler
> to not warn about something like, main() "falling off the end" when
> there is actually an exit(0); at the end of it. If GCC knows exit()
> never returns to its caller it doesnt warn.
I understood what it did, I just needed some reference to make sure
it was being used in other places as an acceptable option.
Thanks, this is what I was expecting you to provide, I'll commit
the fix rsn.
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