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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>As discussed on the telcon today:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>From 9899:2011 (C Language Standard)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>5.1.1.3 Diagnostics<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>1 A conforming implementation shall produce at least one diagnostic message (identified in<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>an implementation-defined manner) if a preprocessing translation unit or translation unit<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>contains a violation of any syntax rule or constraint, even if the behavior is also explicitly<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>specified as undefined or implementation-defined. Diagnostic messages need not be<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>produced in other circumstances. Footnote 9)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Footnote 9) The intent is that an implementation should identify the nature of, and where possible localize, each<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>violation. Of course, an implementation is free to produce any number of diagnostics as long as a<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>valid program is still correctly translated. It may also successfully translate an invalid program.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Rex<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>