Andrew Stitcher created PROTON-2208:
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Summary: Change base C language/compiler requirements to C99 or
equivalent
Key: PROTON-2208
URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PROTON-2208
Project: Qpid Proton
Issue Type: Improvement
Components: proton-c
Reporter: Andrew Stitcher
The current language supposedly supported for clients by proton-c is C89. The
current language allowed for implementing proton-c is the common subset of C89
and C++03. This was to support Visual Studio which at the time didn't support
enough C99.
This led to significant build complexity so we can build proton-c as C++ on
Visual Studio.
Since Visual Studio 2013/2015, Visual Studio has had sufficient C99 support to
compile proton.
It would allow us to significantly simplify the build process, library usage
and ongoing code maintenance requirements if we only supported VS2015 and later
(or if necessary VS2013 - VS2015 would be better as it has C library
compatibility changes). Stripping the complex build hacks and header file hacks
that support earlier Visual Studio compilers.
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