On 15 November 2017 at 16:36, Jakub Jermář <ja...@jermar.eu> wrote: > Hi Jiri, > > On 11/15/2017 04:21 PM, Jiří Zárevúcky wrote: >>> Out of curiosity, which C89-only code is being compiled against libposix? >>> >> >> libuv compiles as C89. It would probably work just fine as C99, but as >> restrict >> shows, compatibility between different C revisions is not a 100% thing, so >> I'd rather fix the headers once, than review and patch each legacy codebase >> individually. We don't have many ports right now, but as our libraries >> improve, >> that should change. ;) > > I don't like that a third-party C89 lib is forcing compromises onto > HelenOS. I think the effort should go in the opposite direction: make > things compatible with HelenOS (and the standards it uses) rather than > making HelenOS compatible with whatever limitations third-party code can > impose. >
I mean, you are proposing that a lifetime of patching old codebases is preferable to a single one-minute change with literally no downsides. That outright contradicts the principle of least insanity. _______________________________________________ HelenOS-devel mailing list HelenOS-devel@lists.modry.cz http://lists.modry.cz/listinfo/helenos-devel
