Re[2]: 4.17.86 on AIX 4.2.0.0 using IBM xlc

[rodneybrown@pmsc.com]

For what it is worth the xlc lslpp information is

Fileset  Level  State Description
xlC.C    3.1.4.0  C   C for AIX Compiler


I note that my copy of the ANSI-C Standard
ISO/IEC 9899: 1990 Programming languages-C

doesn't have the trailing comma varient in section 6.5.2.2

A colleague notes that VMS Dec C gives a warning for the idiom.

____________________Reply Separator____________________
Subject:    Re: 4.17.86 on AIX 4.2.0.0 using IBM xlc 
Author: Andrew Cagney <ac131313@cygnus.com> 
Date:       17/03/99 19:24

Andrew Cagney wrote:
> 
> rodneybrown@pmsc.com wrote:
> >
> > AIX 4.2.0.0 xlc gives an error for trailing commas in enum declarations
> > Specifically compiling gdb-4.17.86/gdb/blockframe.c it gives
> >
> > "gdb-4.17.86/gdb/target.h", line 57.22: 1506-046 (S) Syntax error.
> > "gdb-4.17.86/gdb/breakpoint.h", line 114.17: 1506-046 (S) Syntax error.
> 
> Thanks,

Hmm (is this a nightmare comming true?),

Looking at C manual:

6.5.2.2 Enumeration specifiers
Syntax
  enum-specifier:
    enum identifieropt { enumerator-list }
    enum identifieropt { enumerator-list , }
    enum identifier
  enumerator-list:
    enumerator
    enumerator-list , enumerator
  enumerator:
    enumeration-constant
    enumeration-constant = constant-expression

and the relevant line:

enum thread_control_capabilities {
        tc_none = 0,            /* Default: can't control thread
execution. */
        tc_schedlock = 1,       /* Can lock the thread scheduler. */
        tc_switch = 2,          /* Can switch the running thread on
demand. */
};

So, what to do about this one?

        Andrew