Remove notes that K&R C compiler is unsupported

* README.QUICK: Remove a note that ANSI C compiler is required/assumed
(not a K&R C compiler).
* doc/README.cords: Likewise.
* doc/README.macros (GC_GCJ_SUPPORT): Likewise.
* include/gc_backptr.h: Likewise.
* pcr_interface.c [PCR]: Likewise.
* tools/if_not_there.c: Likewise.

diff --git a/README.QUICK b/README.QUICK
index 26ddcf9..f30f116 100644 (file)
--- a/README.QUICK
+++ b/README.QUICK
@@ -48,9 +48,8 @@ as described in doc/README.macros, or possibly use
 --enable-threads=posix when running the configure script.
 
 If you wish to use the cord (structured string) library with the stand-alone
-Makefile.direct, type "make -f Makefile.direct cords".
-(This requires an ANSI C compiler.  You may
-need to redefine CC in the Makefile. The CORD_printf implementation in
+Makefile.direct, type "make -f Makefile.direct cords".  (You may need to
+override CC specified in the Makefile. The CORD_printf implementation in
 cordprnt.c is known to be less than perfectly portable.  The rest of the
 package should still work.)  See include/cord.h for the API.
 

diff --git a/doc/README.cords b/doc/README.cords
index f64dd2e..b574ded 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/README.cords
+++ b/doc/README.cords
@@ -40,9 +40,6 @@ almost a screen.  It does not understand tabs, which will show
 up as highlighted "I"s.  Use the UNIX "expand" program first.)
 To build the editor, type "make cord/de" in the gc directory.
 
-This package assumes an ANSI C compiler such as gcc.  It will
-not compile with an old-style K&R compiler.
-
 Note that CORD_printf iand friends use C functions with variable numbers
 of arguments in non-standard-conforming ways.  This code is known to
 break on some platforms, notably PowerPC.  It should be possible to

diff --git a/doc/README.macros b/doc/README.macros
index 1b3c249..86533f2 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/README.macros
+++ b/doc/README.macros
@@ -354,7 +354,6 @@ CHECKSUMS       Reports on erroneously clear dirty bits, and unexpectedly
 
 GC_GCJ_SUPPORT  Includes support for gcj (and possibly other systems
   that include a pointer to a type descriptor in each allocated object).
-  Building this way requires an ANSI C compiler.
 
 USE_I686_PREFETCH       Causes the collector to issue Pentium III style
   prefetch instructions.  No effect except on X86 Linux platforms.

diff --git a/include/gc_backptr.h b/include/gc_backptr.h
index c7e29d2..257be61 100644 (file)
--- a/include/gc_backptr.h
+++ b/include/gc_backptr.h
@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@
  * to answer questions such as "who is pointing to this" or
  * "why is this object being retained by the collector"
  *
- * This API assumes that we have an ANSI C compiler.
- *
  * Most of these calls yield useful information on only after
  * a garbage collection.  Usually the client will first force
  * a full collection and then gather information, preferably

diff --git a/pcr_interface.c b/pcr_interface.c
index 35213bf..c703305 100644 (file)
--- a/pcr_interface.c
+++ b/pcr_interface.c
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@
 
 # ifdef PCR
 /*
- * Note that POSIX PCR requires an ANSI C compiler.  Hence we are allowed
- * to make the same assumption here.
  * We wrap all of the allocator functions to avoid questions of
  * compatibility between the prototyped and nonprototyped versions of the f
  */

diff --git a/tools/if_not_there.c b/tools/if_not_there.c
index 68946d2..190a582 100644 (file)
--- a/tools/if_not_there.c
+++ b/tools/if_not_there.c
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 /* Conditionally execute a command based if the file argv[1] doesn't exist */
-/* Except for execvp, we stick to ANSI C.                                  */
 
 # include "private/gc_priv.h"
 # include <stdio.h>