From: Olivier Galibert Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2006 23:51:22 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH] Avoid C++ comments, use C comments instead Message-ID: <20060710235122.GB26528@dspnet.fr.eu.org> In-Reply-To: On Tue, Jul 11, 2006 at 02:25:44AM +0300, Yakov Lerner wrote: > I am writing in order to ask, whether there maybe > some c99-to-c89 source convertor that can be > automatically applied to the .c before compiling with > pre-c99 compiler ? Comments are easy. Moving declarations without breaking initializers is harder. Rewriting the struct initializers is pretty much impossible without the tool turning into a full-blown C parser. Maybe git can be perfectly happy with c89. I don't know. I know the linux kernel requires c99, mostly for the struct initializers. My point was that staying at the c89 level has a maintainance cost, and a cost/benefit analysis should be done to decide whether it is a good idea. Answering "get a C compiler", as is being done for some years now for people not wanting prototypes, is an option not to neglect. OG.