Re: [Tinycc-devel] Dollar Sign in Identifiers Extension

[Jared Maddox]

> Date: Wed, 08 Apr 2015 15:33:51 +0100
> From: Daniel Holden <address@hidden>
> To: address@hidden
> Subject: [Tinycc-devel] Dollar Sign in Identifiers Extension
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> Hi all,
>
> I'm interesting in working on adding the following GNU extension to
> `tcc` which allows for dollar signs in identifiers:
>
> https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc-3.0.1/gcc_5.html#SEC97
>
> Who is in charge of development at the moment, and how/where would I
> contribute? Additionally is this the sort of contribution that would be
> accepted, or does `tcc` wish to remain more closely aligned with the C
> standards .
>
> I've had a look over the source code and looked at how this might be
> done. Would this simply be a case of changing line 945 in tcc.h or is
> there some kind or structure in place for language extensions? I'm happy
> to look into it more if it seems like a good idea.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Dan
>

I'd suggest sticking it behind a run-time flag, since it's an extension.