Finding List of C Extensions Used by GNU89

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#1

Hi,

I wasn't sure where to post this question but I'm trying to find out what
extensions GNU89 provides over C89. I did find the

<http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/C-Extensions.html&gt; website, but I
wasn't sure if these were the GNU89 extensions used by clang when you
specify -std:gnu89. If someone knows of a document or a way in the source to
find this list, please let me know.

Thanks

#2

From include/clang/Frontend/LangStandards.def:

LANGSTANDARD(c89, “c89”,
“ISO C 1990”,
C89 | ImplicitInt)

LANGSTANDARD(gnu89, “gnu89”,
“ISO C 1990 with GNU extensions”,
LineComment | C89 | Digraphs | GNUMode | ImplicitInt)

So… -std=gnu89 adds:

  • BCPL // comments
  • C94 / C++ digraphs <: etc
  • things enabled by GNUMode – grep the code for GNUMode to find those; they are:
  • predefined macros without surrounding __ (use -dM -E to see them)
  • GNU keywords without __s: inline, asm, typeof
  • trigraphs disabled
  • don’t define STDC_VERSION nor STRICT_ANSI
  • enables special token-pasting rule for “, ## VA_ARGS” with empty args (note, this is always enabled outside of c99 modes anyway, since VA_ARGS is an extension there)
  • allow main to return something other than ‘int’
  • some cases allowing foldable non-constant expressions in places where a constant expression is required