Re: Thoughts on C version supported for PHP-Next
| From: | Pierre Joye | Date: | Mon, 28 Jul 2014 19:41:18 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Thoughts on C version supported for PHP-Next | ||
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On Jul 28, 2014 9:14 PM, "Dmitry Stogov" <dmitry@zend.com> wrote:
>
> I think opinions about readability are subjective.
>
> The real problem, that it'll break compatibility with old uncommon
> compilers.
> I'm not sure if new MSVC versions support it, but the one I use - does
not.
We are working with the vc team to test the c99 (c++11/14 as well) with
many oss softwares, php included (non core ext).
It could be possible to use c99 from a vc pov but not if we decide to
release php-next next year. However with the yearly vc release, we could
make it for Q4/2015.
> Breaking something without a real reason is not a good move.
I agree with you here.