Re: Thoughts on C version supported for PHP-Next
| From: | Pierre Joye | Date: | Mon, 28 Jul 2014 20:37:17 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Thoughts on C version supported for PHP-Next | ||
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On Jul 28, 2014 10:13 PM, "Andrea Faulds" <ajf@ajf.me> wrote:
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> On 28 Jul 2014, at 20:14, Dmitry Stogov <dmitry@zend.com> wrote:
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> > 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.
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> > Breaking something without a real reason is not a good move.
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> While C99 itself would, I would again argue that we don’t need to use the
whole thing. Are there any compilers out there which people use to compile
PHP that do not support declarations between statements?
VC is one, except latest RC. And if gcc would follow c89 std without tricks
too. Why we should use the c89 strict option.