z/OS gcc and need for decl before statements

[arnold]

Hi Jim et al. Here is the info w.r.t. the GCC for z/OS:

> Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2011 12:22:58 -0700
> From: Dave Pitts <address@hidden>
> To: Aharon Robbins <address@hidden>
> Subject: Re: gcc for z/OS
> 
> On 11/12/2011 10:24 AM, Aharon Robbins wrote:
> > Hi.  What's the status of GCC for z/OS?  Is there a reason you don't
> > use it for building gawk?  I suggested that the grep team stop using
> > declarations after statements because of z/OS, and got pointed back to
> > your page on z/OS GCC and the mvsgcc project.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Arnold
> 
> This compiler IS NOT production quality. I stopped actively working on it 
> about 
> 5 years ago when IBM announced the s390 version of gcc with over 70 percent 
> of 
> my back end and didn't give me any credit for it.... The GCC people have 
> since 
> removed the older IBM support from the compiler line. The newer versions of 
> IBM's native C compilers may support the inline declarations. I don't know, 
> nor 
> do I have the money to upgrade. My z/OS is pretty old now.
>
> [ ... ]
> 
> -- 
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So, while I can't force you, it would help me if dfa.c would keep all
it's declarations before all executable statements.

Thanks,

Arnold