parsing the format string at compile time...

[Karl Heuer]

In article <990 at cirrusl.UUCP> dhesi%cirrusl at oliveb.ATC.olivetti.com (Rahul Dhesi) writes:
>[Rephrasing the previous conversation in an attempt to make it correct:]
>     If traditional C did allow this, it would not be traditional C.
>     The traditional C compiler knows nothing about any functions,
>     including I/O.
>
>     Right.  However, the ANSI standard...

No, the correct rephrase is:

     Pcc on a VAX happens not to do this.  Therefore, if your compiler does
     do this, it isn't pcc on a VAX.

     Right.  But it's still a valid C implementation, using either the ANSI
     Standard or pre-ANSI common-law as a touchstone.

Karl W. Z. Heuer (ima!haddock!karl or karl at haddock.isc.com), The Walking Lint