The list that follows provides a brief summary of all issues raised as separate questions within Defect Reports #201 through #nnn. Please note that the one-sentence summaries that follow seldom do justice to the issues, which are often subtle or complex. Read them to get a sense of the area of the ISO/IEC 9899:1999 C Standard requiring interpretation or correction. Be warned that they may well fail to properly characterize the precise concern.
Defect Report #201 1999-06-22 Feather
(UK) – Closed,
2001-09-25
Q1: Integer types longer than long.
Defect Report #202 1999-06-22 Feather
(UK) – Closed, published
in TC 1
Q1: Change return type of certain <fenv.h>
functions.
Defect Report #203 1999-08-18 Jones
(US) – Closed, published
in 9899:1999
Q1: C locale conflict with ISO/IEC 9945-2.
Defect Report #204 1999-09-15 Mak
(Canada) – Closed,
published in TC 1
Q1: size_t and ptrdiff_t as a
long long type.
Defect Report #205 1999-09-15 Mak
(Canada) – Closed,
2001-09-25
Q1: New keyword __at_least.
Defect Report #206 1999-09-13 Feather
(UK) – Closed,
2001-09-25
Q1: Default argument conversion of float
_Complex.
Defect Report #207 1999-09-13 Feather
(UK) – Closed, published
in TC 2
Q1: Handling of imaginary types.
Defect Report #208 1999-09-13 Feather
(UK) – Closed, published
in TC 1
Q1: Ambiguity in initialization.
Defect Report #209 1999-10-19 Gwyn
(US) – Closed, published
in TC 1
Q1: Problem implementing
INTN_C macros.
Defect Report #210 1999-10-19 Tydeman
(US) – Closed, published
in TC 1
Q1: fprintf %a and
%A conversions recommended practice.
Q2: Hexadecimal conversion using the strtod
family.
Defect Report #211 1999-10-19 Tydeman
(US) – Closed, published
in TC 2
Q1:Accuracy of decimal string to/from "binary" (non-decimal)
floating-point conversions.
Defect Report #212 1999-10-19 Feather
(UK) – Closed,
2001-09-25
Q1: Binding of multibyte conversion state objects.
Defect Report #213 1999-10-21 Feather
(UK) – Closed, published
in TC 1
Q1: Lacuna in mbrtowc.
Defect Report #214 2000-04-04 Feather
(UK) – Closed,
2001-09-25
Q1: atexit function registration.
Defect Report #215 2000-04-04 Feather
(UK) – Closed, published
in TC 2
Q1: Equality operators.
Defect Report #216 2000-04-04 Feather
(UK) – Closed, published
in TC 1
Q1: Source character encoding.
Defect Report #217 2000-04-04 Feather
(UK) – Closed,
2001-09-25
Q1: asctime limits.
Defect Report #218 2000-04-04 Feather
(UK) – Closed, published
in TC 2
Q1: Sign of non-numeric floating point values.
Defect Report #219 2000-04-04 Feather
(UK) – Closed,
2006-03-30
Q1: Effective types.
Defect Report #220 2000-04-04 Feather
(UK) – Closed, published
in TC 1
Q1: Definition of "decimal integer".
Defect Report #221 2000-04-04 Feather
(UK) – Closed,
2001-09-25
Q1: Lacuna in pointer arithmetic.
Defect Report #222 2000-04-04 Feather
(UK) – Closed, published
in TC 2
Q1: Partially initialized structures.
Defect Report #223 2000-04-10 Plauger
(US) – Closed, published
in TC 2
Q1: FP_FAST_FMAF and FP_FAST_FMAL
should be integer constant.
Defect Report #224 2000-04-10 Plauger
(US) – Closed, published
in TC 2
Q1: fpclassify return is not defined.
Defect Report #225 2000-04-10 Plauger
(US) – Closed, published
in TC 2
Q1: strtod, strtof and
strtold expected form of the subject
sequence.
Defect Report #226 2000-04-10 Plauger
(US) – Closed,
2001-09-25
Q1: strftime references.
Defect Report #227 2000-04-10 Plauger
(US) – Closed,
2001-09-25
Q1: strftime %U,
%V, and %W conversion
specifiers.
Defect Report #228 2000-04-10 Plauger
(US) – Closed, published
in TC 1
Q1: wmemcmp declaration in Annex B.
Defect Report #229 2000-04-10 Jones
(US) – Closed, published
in TC 2
Q1: localeconv() *_sep_by_space
table entries issues.
Defect Report #230 2000-04-11 Jones
(UK) – Closed, published
in TC 2
Q1: Enumerated type rank.
Defect Report #231 2000-04-14 Noda
(Japan) – Closed,
2001-09-25
Q1: Semantics of text-line and non-directive.
Defect Report #232 2000-04-14 Noda
(Japan) – Closed,
published in TC 1
Q1: Typo in Annex I.
Defect Report #233 2000-04-14 Jones
(US) – Closed, published
in TC 2
Q1: %g, %G precision
specification.
Defect Report #234 2000-09-26 WG14
convener (US) – Closed,
published in TC 1
Q1: "arguments" used instead of "parameters" in 6.10.3, Macro
Replacement.
Q2: VA_COPY used instead of
va_copy in Forward.
Q3: int_currency_symbol used instead of
int_curr_symbol in 7.11.2.1 The
localeconv function.
Q4: vscanf used instead of
vsscanf in 7.19.6.14, The vsscanf
function.
Q5: vsnprintf function synopsis is missing the
n.
Q6: Reference typo in 7.4.1.12, paragraph #2.
Defect Report #235 2000-10-18 Leca
– Closed,
2002-04-18
Q1: "C" locale collating behaviour not defined.
Defect Report #236 2000-10-18 Mak
(US) – Closed,
2006-03-30
Q1: Interpretation of type based aliasing rule when applied to
unions or allocated objects.
Defect Report #237 2001-04-25 Benito
(US) – Closed,
2002-10-18
Q1: Declarations using [static].
Defect Report #238 2001-04-25 Tydeman
(US) – Closed, published
in TC 2
Q1: fma() overflow and underflow errors
descriptions are missing.
Defect Report #239 2001-04-25 Tydeman
(US) – Closed, published
in TC 2
Q1: Annex F nexttoward description is
inconsistent with 7.12.11.4.
Defect Report #240 2001-04-25 Tydeman
(US) – Closed, published
in TC 2
Q1: lrint, llrint,
lround, llround, and
ilogb descriptions are not consistent.
Defect Report #241 2001-04-25 Tydeman
(US) – Closed, published
in TC 2
Q1: 7.12.7.4 pow is not consistent with
description in Annex F.
Defect Report #242 2001-04-25 Tydeman
(US) – Closed, published
in TC 2
Q1: 7.12.6.11 logb is not consistent with
description in Annex F.
Defect Report #243 2001-04-25 Tydeman
(US) – Closed, published
in TC 2
Q1: Make the base standard and Annex F consistent for
fmod(), remainder(), and
remquo().
Defect Report #244 2001-04-25 Tydeman
(US) – Closed, published
in TC 2
Q1: tgamma( zero or negative integer)should be
considered a pole error.
Defect Report #245 WG14
– Closed, published in
TC 2
Q1: In F.9.8.4, the second paragraph is missing a paragraph
number.
Q2: In 7.20.7.2, the first paragraph of the Returns section is
missing a paragraph number.
Q3: In 7.18.2.1, the first paragraph is missing a paragraph
number.
Q4: In 7.18.2.2, the first paragraph is missing a paragraph
number.
Q5: In 7.18.2.3, the first paragraph is missing a paragraph
number.
Q6: In 7.18.2.4, the first paragraph is missing a paragraph
number.
Q7: In 7.18.2.5, the first paragraph is missing a paragraph
number.
Q8: In 7.19.4.3 Recommended Practice, the first paragraph is
missing a paragraph number.
Q9: In 7.21.4.3 Description, the first paragraph is missing a
paragraph number.
Q10: In G.3, the first paragraph is missing a paragraph
number.
Q11: In G.6.2.2, the first paragraph is missing a paragraph
number.
Defect Report #246 UK C
Panel – Closed,
2002-04-18
Q1: Completion of declarators.
Defect Report #247 UK C Panel
– Closed, published in
TC 2
Q1: Are values a form of behaviour?
Defect Report #248 UK C Panel
– Closed, published in
TC 2
Q1: Limits are required for optional types.
Defect Report #249 UK C Panel
– Closed, published in
TC 2
Q1: Lacuna applying C89:TC1 to C99.
Defect Report #250 UK C Panel
– Closed, published in
TC 2
Q1: non-directives within macro arguments.
Defect Report #251 UK C Panel
– Closed, published in
TC 3
Q1: Are struct and union the same
type?
Defect Report #252 UK C Panel
– Closed, published in
TC 3
Q1: Incomplete argument types when calling non-prototyped
functions.
Defect Report #253 UK C Panel
– Closed,
2002-04-18
Q1: "overriding" in designated initializers.
Defect Report #254 UK C Panel
– Closed,
2002-04-18
Q1: mbtowc and partial characters.
Defect Report #255 UK C Panel
– Closed,
2002-04-18
Q1: non-prototyped function calls and argument mismatches.
Defect Report #256 UK C Panel
– Closed,
2002-04-18
Q1: Multiple inclusion of headers.
Defect Report #257 UK C Panel
– Closed,
2002-10-18
Q1: Common initial sequences and related issues with unions.
Defect Report #258 UK C Panel
– Closed,
2002-04-18
Q1: Ordering of "defined" and macro replacement.
Defect Report #259 UK C Panel
– Closed,
2002-04-18
Q1: Macro invocations with no arguments.
Defect Report #260 UK C Panel
– Closed,
2004-10-28
Q1: Indeterminate values and identical representations.
Defect Report #261 UK C Panel
– Closed,
2004-03-31
Q1: Constant expressions.
Defect Report #262 UK C Panel
– Closed, published in
TC 2
Q1: Maximum size of bit fields.
Defect Report #263 UK C Panel
– Closed, published in
TC 2
Q1: All-zero bits representations.
Defect Report #264 UK C Panel
– Closed,
2002-04-18
Q1: Graphic characters.
Defect Report #265 UK C Panel
– Closed, published in
TC 2
Q1: Preprocessor arithmetic.
Defect Report #266 UK C Panel
– Closed,
2004-03-31
Q1: Overflow of sizeof.
Defect Report #267 WG14 Convener
(Benito) – Closed,
published in TC 2
Q1: Typos in 5.1.2.3, 7.24.4.4.5, 7.24.6.1, 7.24.6.1
Defect Report #268 UK C Panel
– Closed, published in
TC 3
Q1: Jumps into iteration statements.
Defect Report #269 UK C Panel
– Closed, published in
TC 2
Q1: Lacunae in exact-width integer types.
Defect Report #270 UK C Panel
– Closed, published in
TC 2
Q1: wint_t is not the promoted version of
wchar_t.
Defect Report #271 UK C Panel
– Closed,
2002-04-18
Q1: Lacuna in iswctype and
towctrans.
Defect Report #272 UK C Panel
– Closed, published in
TC 2
Q1: "type category" is defined but is never used in a useful
way.
Defect Report #273 UK C Panel
– Closed, published in
TC 2
Q1: Meaning of __STDC_ISO_10646__.
Defect Report #274 UK C Panel
– Closed, published in
TC 2
Q1: Meaning of "character" in <string.h>
functions.
Defect Report #275 UK C Panel
– Closed, published in
TC 2
Q1: bitwise-OR of nothing.
Defect Report #276 UK C Panel
– Closed, published in
TC 2
Q1: Orientation of perror.
Defect Report #277 UK C Panel
– Closed,
2002-04-18
Q1: Declarations within iteration statements.
Defect Report #278 UK C Panel
– Closed, published in
TC 2
Q1: Lacuna in character encodings.
Defect Report #279 Mak (US)
– Closed, published in
TC 2
Q1: Wide character code values for members of the basic character
set.
Defect Report #280 ANSI (US)
– Closed,
2003-04-04
Q1: Missing specification for daylight savings time when
tm_isdst is set to -1.
Defect Report #281 Convener (US)
– Closed, published in
TC 2
Q1: CLOCKS_PER_SEC should not be a constant
expression.
Defect Report #282 Walls (US)
– Closed, published in
TC 2
Q1: flexible array members & struct padding.
Defect Report #283 Nelson (US)
– Closed, published in
TC 3
Q1: Accessing a non-current union member, type
punning.
Defect Report #284 Walls (US)
– Closed,
2004-03-31
Q1: Does <math.h> define INT_MIN and
INT_MAX?
Defect Report #285 Convener (US)
– Closed, published in
TC 2
Q1: Conversion of an imaginary type to
_Bool
Defect Report #286 Tydeman (US)
– Closed, published in
TC 3
Q1: Correctly rounded and rounding direction/mode
Defect Report #287 Tydeman (US)
– Closed, published in
TC 3
Q1: Floating-point status flags and sequence points
Defect Report #288 UK C Panel
– Closed,
2004-10-28
Q1: deficiency on multibyte conversions
Defect Report #289 The Open Group
– Closed, published in
TC 3
Q1: Function prototype with [restrict]
Defect Report #290 Tydeman (US)
– Closed, published in
TC 3
Q1: FLT_EVAL_METHOD and extra precision
and/or
Defect Report #291 P. J. Plauger
(US) – Closed, published
in TC 3
Q1: corrections to requirements on inexact
Defect Report #292
Convener – Closed,
published in TC 3
Q1: Use of the word variable.
Defect Report #293 UK C
Panel – Closed, published
in TC 3
Q1: Typo in Standard - double complex instead of
complex in an example.
Defect Report #294 INCITS
(US) – Closed,
2004-10-28
Q1: Technical question on C99, on the formal model for
restrict.
Defect Report #295 INCITS
(US) – Closed, published
in TC 3
Q1: Is a function parameter permitted to have an incomplete
type?
Defect Report #296 INCITS
(US) – Closed, published
in TC 3
Q1: The results of exp(INFINITY)?
Defect Report #297 INCITS
(US) – Closed, published
in TC 3
Q1: May FE_* floating-point exception flags have
bits in common?
Defect Report #298 J. Stephen
Adamczyk (US) – Closed,
published in TC 3
Q1: Validity of constant in unsigned long long range
Defect Report #299 Fred Tydeman
(US) – Closed, published
in TC 3
Q1: Is cabs() a type-generic macro?
Defect Report #300 Fred Tydeman
(US) – Closed,
2005-09-28
Q1: Translation-time expression evaluation
Defect Report #301 Fred Tydeman
(US) – Closed,
2005-09-28
Q1: Meaning of FE_* macros in <fenv.h>
Defect Report #302 Clark Nelson
(US) – Closed, published
in TC 3
Q1: Adding underscore to portable include file name character
set
Defect Report #303 Clark Nelson
(US) – Closed, published
in TC 3
Q1: Breaking up the very long sentence describing preprocessing
directive in 6.10
Defect Report #304 Clark Nelson
(US) – Closed, published
in TC 3
Q1: Clarifying illegal tokens in #if directives
Defect Report #305 Clark Nelson
(US) – Closed, published
in TC 3
Q1: Clarifying handling of keywords in #if
directives
Defect Report #306 Clark Nelson
(US) – Closed, published
in TC 3
Q1: Clarifying that rescanning applies to object-like macros
Defect Report #307 Clark Nelson
(US) – Closed, published
in TC 3
Q1: Clarifying arguments vs. parameters
Defect Report #308 Clark Nelson
(US) – Closed, published
in TC 3
Q1: Clarify that source files et al. need not be "files"
Defect Report #309 Clark Nelson
(US) – Closed, published
in TC 3
Q1: Clarifying trigraph substitution
Defect Report #310 Clark Nelson
(US) – Closed, published
in TC 3
Q1: Add non-corner case example of trigraphs
Defect Report #311 Myers
(UK) – Closed, published
in TC 3
Q1: Definition of variably modified types
Defect Report #312 Myers
(UK) – Closed, published
in TC 3
Q1: Meaning of "known constant size"
Defect Report #313 Myers
(UK) – Closed,
2005-09-28
Q1: Incomplete arrays of VLAs
Defect Report #314 Myers
(UK) – Review,
2008-09-10
Q1: Cross-translation-unit tagged type compatibility
Defect Report #315 Myers
(UK) – Closed,
2007-10-10
Q1: Implementation-defined bit-field types
Defect Report #316 Myers
(UK) – Closed,
2005-09-28
Q1: Unprototyped function types
Defect Report #317 Myers
(UK) – Closed,
2006-03-30
Q1: Function definitions with empty parentheses
Defect Report #318 Tydeman
(US) – Closed, published
in TC 3
Q1: (double)0.1f with
FLT_EVAL_METHOD being 2
Defect Report #319 Tydeman
(US) – Closed,
2006-03-30
Q1: printf("%a", 1.0) and trailing
zeros.
Defect Report #320 Wakker
(NL) – Closed, published
in TC 3
Q1: Scope of variably modified type.
Defect Report #321 Stoughton (US)
– Closed, published in
TC 3
Q1: Wide character code values for members of the basic
character set.
Defect Report #322 Cragun
(US) – Closed, published
in TC 3
Q1: Problem with TC2 Change #67
Defect Report #323 Josey
(US) – Closed, published
in TC 3
Q1: Problem with TC2 Change #34, #35 and #36.
Defect Report #324 Kosarev
(RU) – Closed, published
in TC 3
Q1: Tokenization obscurities
Defect Report #325 Stoughton
(US) – Closed,
2007-04-25
Q1: Is an implementation permitted to return an empty string
for strerror()?
Defect Report #326 Stoughton
(US) – Closed,
2007-04-25
Q1: asctime() tm_year gt 9999
Defect Report #327 Peterson
(US) – Closed,
2007-04-25
Q1: Italicize definition of variable length array
type.
Defect Report #328 Jones (Project
Editor) – Closed,
2007-10-10
Q1: String literals in compound literal
initialization.
Defect Report #329 Tydeman
(US) – Closed,
2008-09-10
Q1: Math functions and directed rounding.
Defect Report #330 Tydeman
(US) – Closed,
2007-10-10
Q1: Externally visible exceptional conditions.
Defect Report #331 Plum
(US) – Closed,
2007-10-10
Q1: permit FE_DIVBYZERO when errno
says EDOM
Defect Report #332 Gwyn
(US) – Closed, published
in TC 3
Q1: gets is generally unsafe.
Defect Report #333 Stoughton
(US) – Closed, published
in TC 3
Q1: Missing Predefined Macro Name
Defect Report #334 Tydeman
(US) – Review,
2008-09-10
Q1: Missing semantics of comparision macros
Defect Report #335 Tydeman
(US) – Closed,
2008-04-16
Q1: _Bool bit-fields
Defect Report #336 Stoughton
(US) – Closed,
2007-10-10
Q1: What does TMP_MAX actually
indicate?
Defect Report #337 Stoughton
(US) – Closed,
2007-10-10
Q1: stdio.h macro definition
problems.
Defect Report #338 Peterson
(US) – Closed,
2008-09-10
Q1: C99 seems to exclude indeterminate value from
being an uninitialized register
Defect Report #339 Myers
(UK) – Closed,
2008-04-16
Q1: Variably modified compound literals
Defect Report #340 Myers
(UK) – Review,
2008-09-10
Q1: Composite types for variable-length arrays
Defect Report #341 Myers
(UK) – Closed,
2008-04-16
Q1: [*] in abstract declarators
Defect Report #342 Myers
(UK) – Review,
2008-09-10
Q1: VLAs and conditional expressions
Defect Report #343 Myers
(UK) – Closed,
2007-10-10
Q1: Initializing qualified wchar_t arrays
Defect Report #344 Nelson
(US) – Closed,
2008-04-16
Q1: Casts in preprocessor conditional expressions
Defect Report #345 Arthan
(UK) – Closed,
2008-09-10
Q1: Where does parameter scope start?