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From: Robert A Duff <bobduff@world.std.com>
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"Marin David Condic" <marin.condic.auntie.spam@pacemicro.com> writes:

> Sounds reasonable to me. I'd assume that the minute the standard says
> "erroneous" I could safely expect that the compiler might make monkeys fly
> from my serial port and this would be "legal" behavior. Hence I'd have to
> "Boldly Go Where No Man Has Gone Before" and figure out what behavior I get
> from *my* specific compiler in *my* environment and decide how far to trust
> it.

And whether that compiler is going to change.

- Bob