steven@cwi.nl (Steven Pemberton) (11/07/90)
Enquire.c (which used to be called config.c) is a program that determines many properties of the C compiler and machine that it is run on, such as minimum and maximum [un]signed char/int/long, many properties of float/ [long] double, and so on. As an option it produces the ANSI C float.h and limits.h files. As a further option, it even checks that the compiler reads the header files correctly. It is a good test-case for compilers, since it exercises them with many limiting values, such as the ability to handle the minimum and maximum floating-point numbers. Version 4.3 of enquire.c has been submitted to comp.sources.misc, and will appear as part of the gcc distribution (where it is used to generate float.h); it is also available by anonymous ftp from mcsun.eu.net and hp4nl.nluug.nl as misc/enquire43.c, and by mail from info-server@hp4nl.nluug.nl by sending a mail message: request: misc topic: enquire43.c Steven Pemberton, CWI, Amsterdam; steven@cwi.nl -- Send compilers articles to compilers@iecc.cambridge.ma.us or {ima | spdcc | world}!esegue!compilers. Meta-mail to compilers-request.
steven@cwi.nl (Steven Pemberton) (11/16/90)
> Version 4.3 of enquire.c [...] is also available [...] by mail from > info-server@hp4nl.nluug.nl by sending a mail message: > > request: misc > topic: enquire43.c Since it got uploaded, the system administrator has compressed it. The filename to use is thus now: topic: enquire43.c.Z Sorry for any inconvenience. Steven Pemberton, CWI, Amsterdam; steven@cwi.nl -- Send compilers articles to compilers@iecc.cambridge.ma.us or {ima | spdcc | world}!iecc!compilers. Meta-mail to compilers-request.