Re: Comma at end of enum lists

Andreas Schwab
2008-03-29T18:47:48Z

Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@computergmbh.de> writes:

> On Saturday 2008-03-29 19:13, Andreas Schwab wrote:
>>> In a language with strict a comma-as-separator rule you can
>>> get this benefit by placing the comma before new items rather
>>> than after existing items:
>>>
>>> enum { FOO
>>> ,FIE
>>> ,FUM
>>> };
>>>
>>> but luckily C doesn't need this perversion.
>>
>> Only since C99 (but GNU C never needed it either).
>
> C had this for much longer than 99. Borland Turbo C from around 1990
> (which you can expect to be C89 if you have luck) also allows , at the end.

C89 definitely does not allow a comma at the end of the enumerator list
(only at the end of the initializer list). If Borland C allows it in
its strict C89 mode (if it has such a thing) then it is buggy.

Andreas.

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