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Re: [PATCH] Remove more gcc extension usage.

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JGJan-Benedict Glaw <jbglaw@lug-owl.de>
Date
Jul 10, 2006, 07:35 UTC
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<20060710073532.GA22573@lug-owl.de>
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On Mon, 2006-07-10 02:52:08 -0400, Pavel Roskin <proski@gnu.org> wrote:
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> On Mon, 2006-07-10 at 08:25 +0200, Jan-Benedict Glaw wrote:
> > On Mon, 2006-07-10 02:22:03 -0400, Pavel Roskin <proski@gnu.org> wrote:
> > > This means that the Sun compiler has almost all c99 features used by git
> > > with just a little exception (initializers).  I think it's fair that we
> > > fix this incompatibility.  It's very very minor compared to what "gcc
> > > -std=c89 -pedantic" would have required.
> >   ^^^^^^^^
> > You're kidding, aren't you?
[...]
> We can satisfy the Sun's compiler and yet retain flexible arrays and
> other c99 goodies.
> 
> Maybe I'm missing your point (or you joke).

Why should we jump through the hoops to support an obsolete standard because proprietary compilers don't stand today's standards?

MfG, JBG
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Message 10 of 15 in “Remove more gcc extension usage.”
  1. Remove more gcc extension usage.Shawn Pearce, Jul 8, 2006
  2. Junio C HamanoJul 8, 2006
  3. Shawn PearceJul 8, 2006
  4. Jan-Benedict GlawJul 9, 2006
  5. Shawn PearceJul 10, 2006
  6. Jan-Benedict GlawJul 10, 2006
  7. Pavel RoskinJul 10, 2006
  8. Jan-Benedict GlawJul 10, 2006
  9. Pavel RoskinJul 10, 2006
  10. Jan-Benedict GlawJul 10, 2006
  11. Pavel RoskinJul 10, 2006
  12. Junio C HamanoJul 10, 2006
  13. Jan-Benedict GlawJul 10, 2006
  14. Junio C HamanoJul 10, 2006
  15. Paul JakmaJul 12, 2006

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