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      1 Notes on ANSI C
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      4 When building for pure ANSI C (C89/C90), you must configure with at least
      5 the following configuration settings:
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      7 -   `no-asm`
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      9     There are cases of `asm()` calls in our C source, which isn't supported
     10     in pure ANSI C.
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     12 -   `no-secure-memory`
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     14     The secure memory calls aren't supported with ANSI C.
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     16 -   `-D_XOPEN_SOURCE=1`
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     18     This macro enables the use of the following types, functions and global
     19     variables:
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     21     -   `timezone`
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     23 -   `-D_POSIX_C_SOURCE=200809L`
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     25     This macro enables the use of the following types, functions and global
     26     variables:
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     28     -   `ssize_t`
     29     -   `strdup()`
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     31 It's arguable that with gcc and clang, all of these issues are removed when
     32 defining the macro `_DEFAULT_SOURCE`.  However, that effectively sets the C
     33 language level to C99, which isn't ANSI C.
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