>> I've documented a lot of the behavior of the CCS stuff that I >> didn't like to the people at CCS. .... I have yet to see a >> mis-evaluation; in every case that I haven't seen what I expect, >> the compiler is operating as designed. Sometimes it follows the >> original K&R style, and sometimes the behavior is related to the >> implementation. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Is K&R style of such mythic quality that it deserves to be mixed with other styles? I think not. Kernighan and Ritchie wrote such brainy, intellectually motivated, nitpicky specifications that if you mix anything else with their style, you're going to be gotten. Be a purist, or find or create everyman's yacc output that will satisfy like a Chesterfield. And stop whining. JG