Ceva we just added this week also supports C99, so we just need to check avr, misoc, or1k, z16 and z80.
On Sat, Jan 8, 2022 at 1:35 PM Petro Karashchenko < petro.karashche...@gmail.com> wrote: > In addition I just checked latest GCC with HC12 support is 3.0.4 version. > It have C99 integrated. Will check with AVR32, but will probably need some > help with others. > > Best regards, > Petro > > On Sat, Jan 8, 2022, 7:15 AM Petro Karashchenko < > petro.karashche...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > What about inline functions? Those are also a part on C99. > > > > Are those old architectures checked by the CI? I mean do we have a proof > > that those are still compilable with the latest release? > > > > Best regards, > > Petro > > > > On Sat, Jan 8, 2022, 6:37 AM Xiang Xiao <xiaoxiang781...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > >> > >> > >> On Sat, Jan 8, 2022 at 6:29 AM Petro Karashchenko < > >> petro.karashche...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > >>> Hello team, > >>> > >>> Recently I mr. @Xiang Xiao <xiaoxiang781...@gmail.com> had a > discussion > >>> in one of the PR's related to C89 code compliance. Particularly > related to > >>> initializing a structure by field names (designated initializers). Mr. > @Xiang > >>> Xiao <xiaoxiang781...@gmail.com> pointed out that "for the common code > >>> it is better to avoid C99 only features". > >>> I examined the current NuttX code and see that currently common code is > >>> far away from C89 already and things like "<stdbool.h>", > "<inttypes.h>", > >>> "snprintf", "designated initializers", "__VA_ARGS__" (variadic macro) > are > >>> deeply embedded into the code. > >>> > >>> > >> We need separate the features that come from the compiler and the > >> standard library. Since the libc is provided by NuttX self: > >> > >> 1. The header files(e.g.stdbool.h, intttyes.h) and function(e.g. > >> snprintf) can be used in common code since NuttX can provide the > >> implementation for all arch even the arch use a very old compiler > >> 2. The preprocessor (e.g. __VA_ARGS__) or language( designated > >> initializers) feature need to avoid or incorporate into the > conditional > >> macro > >> > >> . > >> > >>> I would like to come up with the suggestion to make C99 as a > >>> prerequisite for the compiler that is used to build NuttX code. > >>> > >> > >> As Greg said, if compilers used on all arch supported by NuttX support > >> C99, there is no reason to limit us to C89. The compiler status is a > >> keypoint. > >> > >> > >>> > >>> Best regards, > >>> Petro > >>> > >>> >
