Re: [PATCH] strbuf: add compound literal test balloon
On 15/07/2025 17:24, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>
> That sounds good. I was wondering if it is easier to keep track of
> things to add a new section to the CodingGuildlines document,
> perhaps like this?
That's a good idea
Thanks
Phillip
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> Documentation/CodingGuidelines | 8 ++++++++
> 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git c/Documentation/CodingGuidelines w/Documentation/CodingGuidelines
> index 6350949f2e..dd3dbb9c57 100644
> --- c/Documentation/CodingGuidelines
> +++ w/Documentation/CodingGuidelines
> @@ -298,6 +298,14 @@ For C programs:
> . since late 2021 with 44ba10d6, we have had variables declared in
> the for loop "for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++)".
>
> + C99 features we have test balloons for:
> +
> + . since late 2024 with v2.48.0-rc0~20, we have test balloons for
> + compound literal syntax, e.g., (struct foo){ .member = value };
> + our hope is that no platforms we care about have trouble using
> + them, and officially adopt its wider use in mid 2026. Do not add
> + more use of the syntax until that happens.
> +
> New C99 features that we cannot use yet:
>
> . %z and %zu as a printf() argument for a size_t (the %z being for