marty@osu-cgrg.UUCP (03/02/87)
HELP: We are going to a new C compiler which only allows 8 unique characters for each identifier. Most of our code does not follow this (even though it makes for better portability). I am sure someone else has come across this problem and has ALREADY written the code which will check source code to find variables names that clash in the first 8 characters. If so, could you send it here to me? Thanks. Marty Wagner
kaufman@Shasta.STANFORD.EDU (Marc Kaufman) (03/06/87)
(mail reply failed to sender, hence this followup): In article <792@osu-cgrg.UUCP> you write: >HELP: >We are going to a new C compiler which only allows 8 unique characters for >each identifier. Most of our code does not follow this (even though it makes >for better portability). I am sure someone else has come across this >problem and has ALREADY written the code which will check source code to >find variables names that clash in the first 8 characters. If so, could >you send it here to me? > As one who has to live with such a C compiler (Regulus C) on a daily basis, let me strongly suggest that you NOT go with the new compiler. It is a hassle beyond belief when trying to import programs from the net. There is no good reason for this restriction. PCC (the portable C compiler) lifted the restriction years ago. If a compiler company can't figure out how to use long variable names, just how good do you think their code generation algorithms are? ;-) Marc Kaufman (kaufman@Shasta.stanford.edu)