Add README blurb regarding C89 #50
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The README does not currently state that LCC is a C89 compiler. While this can be inferred based on the book's publication date of 1995, it causes much confusion (see drh#47). This patch adds a blurb to the README informing users that it is a C89 compiler; a warning to not run C99 should hopefully not be necessary. Signed-off-by: Amy Parker <[email protected]>
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The book "A retargetable compiler" clearly stated it to be for ANSI C right after K&R. However you are right in that it is hard to see if one does not read the book. |
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@andi8086 i would say it's reasonable that most LCC users nowadays have not read the book |
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Regards #47.
The issue was raised that LCC does not make it obvious that it is a C89 compiler. This occasionally causes problems for developers; for example, the movfuscator project uses LCC and has to warn its users to not attempt to use C99+ code. To make it clearer to developers, the README should state that LCC works only with C89.
This is not a resolution of the issue; being able to change the input target to C99 would be wonderful. However, it is a necessary change for now.