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Re: [PATCH 1/1] git-compat-util: add a test balloon for C99 supporty

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Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date
Nov 22, 2021, 22:03 UTC
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Hi Junio,
On Mon, 22 Nov 2021, Junio C Hamano wrote:
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> Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:
>
> > Carlo Arenas <carenas@gmail.com> writes:
> >
> >> On Mon, Nov 22, 2021 at 9:27 AM Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>> I had an impression that it was claimed that without this, the other
> >>> weatherbaloon for "for (type var=..." would not fly in some of the
> >>> jobs we have at CI?
> >>
> >> It wouldn't if we have a CI job that tests with gcc < 5 but the last
> >> version of that job died with travis-ci.org
> >
> > I was wondering how Dscho's test was not failing, and that is an
> > easy answer to that question ;-)
> >
> > If we wanted to resurrect that CI job, we can always add it in the
> > CI definition anyway, so I am OK with that, too.
>
> But if we were to do so, perhaps we'd want something like what I
> gave at https://lore.kernel.org/git/xmqqy25lwa86.fsf@gitster.g/ in
> its place to avoid confusing people.
That sounds like a good course of action to me.

Please note that the MSVC-related adjustment of the `FLEX_ARRAY` block is still needed, I think.

Ciao, Dscho

P.S.: In case it was not clear yet, I am in favor of going forward with the C99 weather balloon. We should try to move in that direction, slowly and gently, as is our custom.

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  1. Johannes SchindelinNov 16, 2021
  2. Junio C HamanoNov 17, 2021
  3. Johannes SchindelinNov 22, 2021
  4. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonNov 22, 2021
  5. Junio C HamanoNov 22, 2021
  6. Carlo ArenasNov 22, 2021
  7. Junio C HamanoNov 22, 2021
  8. Junio C HamanoNov 22, 2021
  9. Johannes SchindelinNov 22, 2021
  10. Junio C HamanoNov 22, 2021
  11. Carlo ArenasNov 22, 2021
  12. Johannes SchindelinNov 23, 2021
  13. Junio C HamanoNov 23, 2021
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