Re: Re: C89 vs. C99

On 12.11.2016 at 20:28, Dennis Clarke wrote: > On 11/12/2016 06:27 AM, Christoph M. Becker wrote: > >> On 12.06.2016 at 11:08, Fleshgrinder wrote: >> >>> I am curious why we are not finally doing the switch to C99 with VC14 >>> finally supporting most of C99. I mean, I know that GCC and VC14 do no >>> fully support C99 but the most common features are implemented: >>> >>> - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C99#Implementations >>> - https://gcc.gnu.org/c99status.html >> >> What about other compilers such as Solaris Studio and XL C? > > Oracle Studio compiler tools are fully compliant with C99 and has been > for a very very long time. Thanks for the info! > I would also note that php7.x does not > compile out of the box, yet. However I am looking into why. I remember that there has been an issue with line endings (CRLF) in the generated parsers/scanners, which had been brought up on the general(?) mailing list some time ago. Not sure, if that has been resolved. -- Christoph M. Becker