From 240bb42225b95320ed02e19ccac33ab0bc8e723b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Collin Funk <collin.funk1@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2025 21:36:40 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] maint: assume that compilers support '\a' as specified by C89

* sed/compile.c (normalize_text): Remove backup code for pre-C89
compilers.
* sed/execute.c (do_list): Likewise.
---
 sed/compile.c | 4 ----
 sed/execute.c | 4 ----
 2 files changed, 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/sed/compile.c b/sed/compile.c
index 46b0bed..8a43945 100644
--- a/sed/compile.c
+++ b/sed/compile.c
@@ -1329,11 +1329,7 @@ normalize_text (char *buf, idx_t len, enum text_types buftype)
       if (*p == '\\' && p+1 < bufend && bracket_state == 0)
         switch (*++p)
           {
-#if defined __STDC__ && __STDC__-0
           case 'a': *q++ = '\a'; p++; continue;
-#else /* Not STDC; we'll just assume ASCII */
-          case 'a': *q++ = '\007'; p++; continue;
-#endif
           /* case 'b': *q++ = '\b'; p++; continue; --- conflicts with \b RE */
           case 'f': *q++ = '\f'; p++; continue;
           case '\n': /*fall through */
diff --git a/sed/execute.c b/sed/execute.c
index adc7575..63c7cc5 100644
--- a/sed/execute.c
+++ b/sed/execute.c
@@ -936,11 +936,7 @@ do_list (intmax_t line_len)
       } else {
           *o++ = '\\';
           switch (*p) {
-#if defined __STDC__ && __STDC__-0
             case '\a': *o++ = 'a'; break;
-#else /* Not STDC; we'll just assume ASCII */
-            case 007:  *o++ = 'a'; break;
-#endif
             case '\b': *o++ = 'b'; break;
             case '\f': *o++ = 'f'; break;
             case '\n': *o++ = 'n'; break;