José Fonseca wrote: > Microsoft compilers don't support C99 syntax. The only native windows > compilers that support C99 syntax are mingw32-gcc and Intel C/C++ > compiler, but we can't seriously support windows platform by targeting > these compilers alone and leave msvc out. > > So there is no point in pretending that C99 syntax is OK when > compiling gallium source code with gcc on unices. The -std=c99 option > will have to go away. > > The -ansi option is too restrictive, so the best is just to use the > gcc default, which is "gnu89", corresponding to the 1990 C standard > plus GNU extensions. > > It might be also useful to enable "-pedantic", so that you'll get > warnings when you (ab)use the GNU extensions. The only annoying thing > with "-pedantic" is the // comments warnings, which virtually every C > compiler supports nowadays... Any idea on how to silence it when using > -pedantic?
I never used //-style comments in Mesa (core Mesa anyway). I'm still interested in keeping Mesa compiling on AIX, HPUX, etc., some of which choked on // IIRC. I'd be willing to give up // comments in order to use -pedantic. -Brian ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Mesa3d-dev mailing list Mesa3d-dev@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mesa3d-dev
