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RE: gcc bug, cygwin specific cygwin-1.3.10-1 gcc-2.95.3-5


hi,

is end being a global variable specific to the C language (which i doubt) ? to
gcc ? to cygwin ? to windows ? or is it ALWAYS the case ?

thank you very much for your help.

cheers,

alex

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael A Chase [mailto:mchase@ix.netcom.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, 13 March 2002 3:58 PM
> To: Alex Song; cygwin@cygwin.com
> Subject: Re: gcc bug, cygwin specific cygwin-1.3.10-1 gcc-2.95.3-5
>
>
> 'end' is not a reserved word, it's a global variable name.  In other
> environments, overwriting it may not cause an immediate disaster, but
> probably will eventually.
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Alex Song" <alexs@pdd.edmi.com.au>
> To: <cygwin@cygwin.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2002 19:19
> Subject: RE: gcc bug, cygwin specific cygwin-1.3.10-1 gcc-2.95.3-5
>
>
> > > >The global 'end' is a reserved word.  It refers to the end of the data
> > > >area.  That means you can't use it as a global variable in your
> program.
> >
> > is this reserved word cygwin specific ? or is it a reserved word for all
> gcc ?
>


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