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

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Nov 22, 2021, 22:10 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqwnkzdepm.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <nycvar.QRO.7.76.6.2111222300580.63@tvgsbejvaqbjf.bet>

Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> writes:

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>> 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.

The "something like what I gave ... to avoid confusing people" patch is following up on the direction to drop the patch with -std=gnu99 change. IIRC, your MSVC adjustment was to tweak that patch we were discussing of dropping, so even if it is still needed, it won't be part of what I was doing.