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(gcc-300.info)C Extensions
Extensions to the C Language Family
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GNU C provides several language features not found in ISO standard C.
(The `-pedantic' option directs GCC to print a warning message if any
of these features is used.) To test for the availability of these
features in conditional compilation, check for a predefined macro
`__GNUC__', which is always defined under GCC.
These extensions are available in C and Objective C. Most of them
are also available in C++. Note: Extensions to the C++ Language,
for extensions that apply _only_ to C++.
Some features that are in ISO C99 but not C89 or C++ are also, as
extensions, accepted by GCC in C89 mode and in C++.
Statement Exprs Putting statements and declarations inside expressions.
Local Labels Labels local to a statement-expression.
Labels as Values Getting pointers to labels, and computed gotos.
Nested Functions As in Algol and Pascal, lexical scoping of functions.
Constructing Calls Dispatching a call to another function.
Naming Types Giving a name to the type of some expression.
Typeof `typeof': referring to the type of an expression.
Lvalues Using `?:', `,' and casts in lvalues.
Conditionals Omitting the middle operand of a `?:' expression.
Long Long Double-word integers---`long long int'.
Complex Data types for complex numbers.
Hex Floats Hexadecimal floating-point constants.
Zero Length Zero-length arrays.
Variable Length Arrays whose length is computed at run time.
Variadic Macros Macros with a variable number of arguments.
Escaped Newlines Slightly looser rules for escaped newlines.
Multi-line Strings String literals with embedded newlines.
Subscripting Any array can be subscripted, even if not an lvalue.
Pointer Arith Arithmetic on `void'-pointers and function pointers.
Initializers Non-constant initializers.
Compound Literals Compound literals give structures, unions
or arrays as values.
Designated Inits Labeling elements of initializers.
Cast to Union Casting to union type from any member of the union.
Case Ranges `case 1 ... 9' and such.
Mixed Declarations Mixing declarations and code.
Function Attributes Declaring that functions have no side effects,
or that they can never return.
Attribute Syntax Formal syntax for attributes.
Function Prototypes Prototype declarations and old-style definitions.
C++ Comments C++ comments are recognized.
Dollar Signs Dollar sign is allowed in identifiers.
Character Escapes `\e' stands for the character <ESC>.
Variable Attributes Specifying attributes of variables.
Type Attributes Specifying attributes of types.
Alignment Inquiring about the alignment of a type or variable.
Inline Defining inline functions (as fast as macros).
Extended Asm Assembler instructions with C expressions as operands.
(With them you can define ``built-in'' functions.)
Asm Labels Specifying the assembler name to use for a C symbol.
Explicit Reg Vars Defining variables residing in specified registers.
Alternate Keywords `__const__', `__asm__', etc., for header files.
Incomplete Enums `enum foo;', with details to follow.
Function Names Printable strings which are the name of the current
function.
Return Address Getting the return or frame address of a function.
Other Builtins Other built-in functions.
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