diff --git a/faq.html b/faq.html index b83e2a336..28db77cc7 100644 --- a/faq.html +++ b/faq.html @@ -3570,7 +3570,9 @@ depended on operation system and library features that where common back then but are different/missing today.

Please see the other FAQs in this section as they might offer helpful hints, especially in cases were something else needs to be installed.

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Please see the bugs.html file for details about known problems with IOCCC entries. In some cases you may be dealing with a problematic entry. In a few fun cases, the IOCCC does not compile by design!

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Please see the bugs.html file for details about known problems with +IOCCC entries. In some cases you may be dealing with a problematic entry. In a +few fun cases, the IOCCC does not compile by design!

If you have a fix that makes a minimal impact to the entry, then please consider submitting that change in the form of a pull request. Please see @@ -3681,26 +3683,8 @@ below note) this would be advisable.

NOTE: different versions of clang have other differences as well. For instance a defect of clang that required numerous entries to be fixed for clang is that it requires that main()’s arguments to be of a specific type. However some -versions of clang are more strict in the number of args allowed. These reasons -are part of why numerous entries had to be modified so that main() calls -another function instead of doing it all in main() (another reason was that -some entries that recursively called main() caused a crash or otherwise broke -the entry in modern systems). Some entries do not work in clang (or at least do -not work completely) due to these defects, for instance -1989/westley; Cody Boone -Ferguson was able to -get much of it to work and looking at that entry might be of value to your -submissions, at least if you can figure the code out :-). To see the -differences, try from 1989/westley:

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    make diff_orig_prog
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If you have colordiff try:

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    make DIFF=colordiff diff_orig_prog
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Alternatively you can try:

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    git diff d2a42f42e8f477f29e9d5ed09ce2bb349eaf7397..eb9e69fde657acc8c85a618a8a99af4c2f93b21d westley.c
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As you can see, using clang has some additional problems to work out but if -you can get your entry to work well in clang it might very well be considered -better than other entries.

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diff --git a/faq.md b/faq.md index fe5b7dd91..d613ac4ea 100644 --- a/faq.md +++ b/faq.md @@ -4390,7 +4390,9 @@ but are different/missing today. Please see the other FAQs in this section as they might offer helpful hints, especially in cases were something else needs to be installed. -Please see the [bugs.html](bugs.html) file for details about known problems with IOCCC entries. In some cases you may be dealing with a problematic entry. In a few fun cases, the IOCCC does not compile by design! +Please see the [bugs.html](bugs.html) file for details about known problems with +IOCCC entries. In some cases you may be dealing with a problematic entry. In a +few fun cases, the IOCCC does not compile by design! If you have a fix that makes a minimal impact to the entry, then please consider submitting that change in the form of a pull request. @@ -4534,38 +4536,7 @@ below note) this would be advisable. **NOTE**: different versions of `clang` have other differences as well. For instance a defect of `clang` that required numerous entries to be fixed for clang is that it requires that `main()`'s arguments to be of a specific type. However some -versions of `clang` are more strict in the number of args allowed. These reasons -are part of why numerous entries had to be modified so that `main()` calls -another function instead of doing it all in `main()` (another reason was that -some entries that recursively called `main()` caused a crash or otherwise broke -the entry in modern systems). Some entries do not work in `clang` (or at least do -not work completely) due to these defects, for instance -[1989/westley](1989/westley/index.html); [Cody Boone -Ferguson](authors.html#Cody_Boone_Ferguson) was able to -get much of it to work and looking at that entry might be of value to your -submissions, at least if you can figure the code out :-). To see the -differences, try from `1989/westley`: - -``` - make diff_orig_prog -``` - -If you have `colordiff` try: - -``` - make DIFF=colordiff diff_orig_prog -``` - -Alternatively you can try: - -``` - git diff d2a42f42e8f477f29e9d5ed09ce2bb349eaf7397..eb9e69fde657acc8c85a618a8a99af4c2f93b21d westley.c -``` - -As you can see, using `clang` has some additional problems to work out but if -you can get your entry to work well in `clang` it might very well be considered -better than other entries. - +versions of `clang` are more strict in the number of args allowed. Jump to: [top](#)