You are right. Do you know on which system configurations on which it is hard to install a gcc version with c99 Support?
Does anyone know how widespread the lack of c99-able compilers are? Regardless, gtk+ 3.0 is a long-term project, probably with a first release sometime in 2010 or so. Embedded developers wont want to pick it up before 2012. At which time i would feel really sorry for them if they still haven't access to a c99-capable compiler. 2008/6/3, Alberto Ruiz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > 2008/6/3 BJörn Lindqvist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> >> >> Here is an overview: >> http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2001/2/23/194544/139. Merely the >> initialization inside the for loop feature is a huge improvement. But >> I never understood why someone needs to build the latest and greatest >> GTK+ on an ancient compiler. Installing a recent version of gcc isn't >> that difficult. >> > > You're assuming GCC/Linux/x86 environments, there are other environments, > such as embeded devices with optimized compilers for their architecture or > non Linux operating systems for non x86 architectures where getting latest > GCC is not as easy. > > As Gtk is targetting to the mobile space, I think keeping support for a > broader set of compilers/platforms is essential and the gains of C99 for > code that is already written, tested and working for C89 is not such a gain > at all. > > I hope that this discussion will be moot some time in the near future >> anyway, when gcc starts to ship with c99 enabled by default. >> > > > -- > Cheers, > Alberto Ruiz > -- mvh Björn _______________________________________________ gtk-devel-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-devel-list
