[Info-vax] C troubles: BADSTATICCVT

[John Reagan]

On Friday, February 2, 2018 at 2:41:25 PM UTC-5, Craig A. Berry wrote:

> 
> Getting back to work seems like a reasonable choice. The fact that
> things were done the way they were 20 years ago given the goals and
> constraints of the time doesn't bother me. What bothers me is that there
> should have by now been several major rethinks of how it all works but
> since the Compaq era if not before the holders of the purse strings have
> not wanted to make the investment.

Adding clang to the mix on x86 will force us to change some of those mandatory defaults.  I've already warned Clair about that.  Plus, removing the "waxy buildup" will reduce the work involved.

Here's a few coming:

- If you are still using <vararg.h>, then stop.  Switch to <stdarg.h>.  varargs.h won't be fully supported on x86

- If you aren't using _USE_STD_STAT today, you better start.  That will be the default on x86 and the older flavors will die a short and violent death.