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From: walterm@hprctbs3.rose.hp.com (Walter Murray)
Newsgroups: comp.std.c,comp.lang.c.moderated
Subject: Re: Integral promotion.
Followup-To: comp.std.c,comp.lang.c.moderated
Date: 6 Mar 1996 18:30:15 -0600
Organization: Hewlett Packard Roseville Site
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Stan Ryckman (stanr@tiac.net) wrote:
: In article <4gq8nn$opk@solutions.solon.com>, <msb@sq.com> wrote:
: >
: >Section 4/1.7:
: ># An implementation shall be accompanied by a document that defines all
: ># implementation-defined characteristics and all extensions.
: I wonder... does the standard define "a document?"
: To me this implies that a compiler which provided all such information,
: but only in "on-line help" or something, might not be conforming.
In the US, in order to have a C compiler validated by NIST (National
Institute of Standards and Technology), you have to provide an actual
document with all the implementation-defined details. I doubt that
"on-line help" would be acceptable to the validation team.
Walter Murray
Hewlett-Packard
Support Technology Lab