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[PATCH] maint: assume that compilers support '\a' as specified by C89

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Message #8 received at 78885 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>
To: Collin Funk <collin.funk1 <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 78885 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#78885: [PATCH] maint: assume that compilers support '\a' as
 specified by C89
Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2025 16:03:50 -0700

On Mon, Jun 23, 2025 at 9:45 PM Collin Funk <collin.funk1 <at> gmail.com> wrote:
> I noticed some very old code:
>
>     #if defined __STDC__ && __STDC__-0
>                case 'a': *q++ = '\a'; p++; continue;
>     #else /* Not STDC; we'll just assume ASCII */
>               case 'a': *q++ = '\007'; p++; continue;
>     #endif
>
> This is from before C89 when '\a' was standardized. In sed/debug.c and
> in Gnulib we already assume it is supported. So the fallback code can be
> removed.
>
> And if compilers don't support it, they most certainly have other larger
> problems than this. :)

Very old, indeed. Thanks. Applied.

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